We developed a preliminary set of risk indicators to analyze elements of risk along our border and evaluate the progress we were making amin relation to our goals. Before 2012 if you asked a Border Patrol agent if we were winning, he would say absolutely, and he would point to the number of arrests and seizures to show you that. Regardless of whether they went up or down, we were winning. We had no other way to explain it. This isnt to suggest we werent seceding in our mission, we just had no way to tell if we were succeeding along our border. So the Border Patrol had to build a foundation of consistent and reliable data on crossborder occurrences. Not only on data of what we were catching, we also had to record data on what we were not catching and the unknown. Today the Border Patrol does not describe the border as controlled or uncontrolled. Instead it uses a variety of indicators, intelligence estimates, capability assessments, commander judgment to assign areas with risk category
While i was thinking, speaking, and thank you very much for listening, during that time, the rosetta spacecraft has continued to circle the dark icy object that is, 67 p. Comet 67 p. And we may yet learn more of its secrets as it gets closer to the sun. Look at the mission that put together that unbelievable success. They were diverse. They came from different horizons. They did not grow up together. I think diversity had something to do with the success of that rosetta mission, and it is certainly a true testament to global cooperation. And policymakers should be inspired by that. You know, the real secret when we i found rosetta a long time ago, what can engender growth, but to deliver on the three rosetta moments as i call them policymakers need to enhance cooperation. They need to enhance a new multilateralism, and they need to put it into practice. Whether it applies toclop, ttp ttip, seg are you with me . It also requires new institutions that are efficient and credible and worki
Israel. But it takes two to tango. And the rest of the arab world has to get in the game. We are under no illusions about how difficult it will be difficult to achieve. Some of you in the audience have said why do we even talk about it anymore . Well, its going to require hard steps on both sides whether its in all of our interests, israels interests, United States interests, the interests of the palestine people. We have a profound interest in peace. To use the expression of a former president , bill clinton, we have to get caught trying. We have to get caught trying. So we remain. We remain deeply engaged. As president obama has said, while there are those who question whether this goal may ever be reached, we make no apologies for continuing to pursue that goal, to pursue a Better Future and hell make that clear when he goes to israel later this month. We are also mindful, we are also mindful that pursuing a Better Future for israel means israel confronts the myriad threats it faces