Today secretary of state john kerry talked about u. S. Policy in the middle east. He focused on the israelipalestinian conflict and the syrian civil war. From the carting the endowment washington d. C. This is 45 minutes. Thank you all, very much. [applause]. Bill, thanks. Thanks so much for welcoming me to your new home. I very touched to hear the comments from bills caliber because as you know, he really was the state department premier career diplomat. Now that you have been away almost a year i know you are missing all of the travel, the Early Morning meetings, the latenight calls, and you are just dying to return, right . But all kidding aside, ladies and gentlemen, the door to the state department for bill burns is always open. From pres. Obama to the entire security team, to me, to the secretary of state there is no better diplomat, no one who could be better led by then the Carnegie Foundation of peace then by bill burns. Please join me everybody for same thank you for a remark
How does that affect ones thinking about how to measure risk . Well, if you still go back to sources and methods, which is what we most importantly have to protect, i still think there has been an overreliance on technology. Even though it is changing rapidly and we have to continue to improve how we use technology and data, you have to rely on it. There is nothing greater than good oldfashioned human intelligence gathering. It is going to be more difficult. A lot of times it is the human intelligence that enables better technologies, new technologies or discovery of what ad vversars are doing. I think the allegations regarding Angela Merkels cell phone, i can only say allegations, were a real Tipping Point in terms of compelling policy makers and members of the i. C. To think long and hard about the risk have os disclosure, the risks of relationships with allies, the risks obviously to sources of information most acutely human sources of information from disclosure. But to think in ne
Israelis, including on the dialogue, and this is a mindset that is a very traditional one. Its not unique. Its not unique to this administration. Its been in every administration from truman until today. And one of the things i tried to highlight in the book, that perspective that sees that if you dont partner with israel, somehow youre better off, is one that i try to show analytically and repeatedly actually doesnt serve your interests. It doesnt serve your interests with the arabs. It doesnt benefit you there. It makes the israelis more suspicious and the behaviors frequently we dont want to see. One of the things that is repetitive throughout history is an unease when the israelis act unilaterally. You make those actions more likely if the israelis have many more doubts about you and about the nature of your readiness to work with them and whats driving you in the region. And so what tom embodied, as i said in my mind, an exemplar of how the most senior officials ought to be workin
Slowest in three years. You add it all up data that is subdued. Initiale u. S. , we get jobless claims. We got center low nonfarm payroll number last friday. At 9 45. Index coming up. We should mention in spain, catalonians are taking a page out of scotlands paper, a prefaceibly we will address that with ian bremmer. Was 9 11. S ago today that is when the terrorists struck the World Trade Center and the pentagon. We will have coverage. The day, particularly for those in new york city who witnessed the silence which is still challenging. Heres a shot from downtown. Worldwide, a recent visit new york city, boy, have they done a job. It is spectacular. This is really the first year i would say where it has all come together. It is open and everyone can actually go there as opposed to being a construction site. There is less of a sense of payment, you dont panic, you dont belong here. Slowly trying to get back to some sort of normal place. The president visiting this morning. Lets do a dat
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