Ladies anladies and gentlemen mikes what pimco ceo the Potomac Institute for policy studies, and is my privilege to welcome you all here today to a seminar on combating biological terrorism. Im proud to report that for now almost exactly 20 years the Potomac Institute has been involved in the study of this issue. Unfortunately, the issue of bioterrorism has only grown worse over time. Its more threatening. It is probably more eminent, and certainly the tools we have for dealing with it are, as inadequate today as they were 20 years ago. Almost, also like 20 years ago, more and more the political people in the world are distracted by so many other threats from nuclear north korea, tehran, the ships run into each other in the pacific to Political Division in this country another, economic disruption around the world that the threats posed by tear are seen more and more as lone wolf driving cars through open spaces in europe and in the United States and other places. And many seem to forg
Host that was his assessment of the year, but, however, for the first fortyfive minutes, we want to get your take on how the president did this year. How would you rate president obamas year . Here are the lines. 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. 2027488002 for independents. Those are the phone lines, if know how you et us would rates the presidency are. Us or send us eat a comment on facebook. The last press conference of the year before him and his headed to hawaii it found found on it can be on our website at cspan. Org. I am not done, says the piece. This is edward writing. The president said he promised that would be heavy on outreach of congress, but also his own rd on protecting healthcare and financial regulations. As the white house was a ut the run of good news, sense of turnaround they admit that they have gotten lucky in the timing. The climate deal with china, the booming obama care enrollment numbers, the teetering of the russian economy were all the r
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On booktv on cspan 2. Good afternoon. I am so glad to see all of you here on this Beautiful Day to join a National Book festival. Mine is in a Community Affairs at wells fargo for the midatlantic region. And so want to be here representing wells fargo is both an avid reader myself. I really dont remember a time in my life when i wasnt an avid reader. I just loved reading. I grew up in a very small town in North Carolina and had the benefit of the library account be an adjacent to backyard. But at the library of congress obviously, but its a wonderful asset to the community. Around the corner to parents to pick out books and am feeling very, very grown up when i got to go by myself to check out books myself. Ive attended here today come you must all know books can take you to foreign lands and give you a different perspective about your neighborhood. They can introduce you to people that came generations before and connect people in real time. My favorite incident happened to me when i