Generated during the haiti response were then turned around and then bringing all of the governors into a Conference Call with the president to make sure that all their needs were being met in the advance of a hurricane arrival. So, we really had all of government, from local all the way up to the white house, fully included in that response. But the haiti response was certainly informative in bringing all these disparate entities together to provide unity of effort during a response. We need general spiese. Okay, thanks. I would offer a little bit from an institutional perspective at the tactical level in the marine corps. Thats an area where we could use some improvement. Our forces deployed to the western pacific certainly understand this, and they pass it on among themselves. The forces we deploy from Southern California and the east coast that float into theater understand Disaster Assistance and humantarian response very well. That hasnt quite migrated itself into the institution
Network of people in saluting ambassador Chris Stevens who will be remembered for his strong sense of dignity, his humility and his Generous Service to others. He will be truly missed by all who loved him and by all he served throughout the magnitude of his lifes work. Thank you for this honor. [applause] members of Christopher Stevens family, ladies and gentlemen, let me first thank Chris Stevens brothers and sisters for their warm and delightful insights into what he was really like. Thank you so much. That was fantastic what you did for us. Christopher stevens was obviously an extraordinary human being and contributor. Every year at stanford we have a group of what we Call National security fellows come. They were roughly army, navy, air force, state department. A couple weeks ago we had a meeting and the first person i called on was an army colonel. I said where were you last . He said in libya. I said did you know Christopher Stevens . He said everybody knew Christopher Stevens. H
Operation and then where we function through the state Utility Operations Center and the state Operations Center to make sure that we have that kind of access and that kind of assistance. We need caltrans, were going to need chp, were going to need cal fire, we need dwr, they are invested in restoring their Critical Infrastructure and its our responsibility to reach across those lines to get that kind of access to keep that kind of restoration underway. Thank you. Mr. Brig. In terms of establishing standards for resill yepbs, absolutely, we have done that. Again as i mentioned earlier, to get our customers to fund all these Capital Projects we did up a contract with them. This is what youre getting and this is what youre going to pay for. That had to be well defined as engineers need to know what to do and what to design for. Establishing those standards, what we call levels of service, theres levels of service for threats of terrorism and also the seismic one, which is essentially an
George schultz. For Closing Remarks, want to bring up secretary of state george schultz. If you could help on this end. That was a great panel. Thank you all. Well, weve had quite a display. Weve had a lot of area planning, filled with op exercises. We had the ocean beach yesterday. The military made something difficult look easy. It was a display of competence. And it gives us confidence that not only is the military going to help us if we have a problem here, but the military is able to do its job of protecting our National Security with confidence. Its wonderful to see confidence on display. I was asking myself as i listened to the panel today and im working with mike and leslie on the program, what kind of words would describe what were doing . Well, certainly impressive is one. Reassuring is one, that we see whats going on, the planning, the capabilities. I think another is to underline the importance and then this panel in particular they underline t the importance of looking on
Humility and his Generous Service to others. He will be truly missed by all who loved him and by all he served throughout the magnitude of his lifes work. Thank you for this honor. [applause] members of Christopher Stevens family, ladies and gentlemen, let me first thank Chris Stevens brothers and sisters for their warm and delightful insights into what he was really like. Thank you so much. That was fantastic what you did for us. Christopher stevens was obviously an extraordinary human being and contributor. Every year at stanford we have a group of what we Call National security fellows come. They were roughly army, navy, air force, state department. A couple weeks ago we had a meeting and the first person i called on was an army colonel. I said where were you last . He said in libya. I said did you know Christopher Stevens . He said everybody knew Christopher Stevens. He was our leader, fluent in arabic, constructive, positive, doing something, he was our leader. This spontaneous pr