Were not kind of an outfit, its easier for them to collaborate with us. So, all of these things are important to us as we have these exercises. So, i say this is a very worthwhile enterprise that will keep going. I tip my hat to my friend mike who really has been leading us in these efforts. And now i say as also the slogan, i guess you call it this morning, maybe its what the navy says. I think its a very good phrase. A global force for good. Thats what weve been practicing, a global force for good. Thank you. applause thank you, sir. Thank you. Thank you very much, sir. applause and for all of you, tomorrow were going to have the former secretary defense William Perry speak. And the final speaker tomorrow will be the commander of north com, it will be the first time the northern command. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to day two of the Senior Leader seminar for San Francisco fleet week 2012. We had a great day yesterday and were going to have an even greater day today. Weve got a numb
And the fleet Week Association has invite and had there are so many of them here, im very proud of our Neighborhood Emergency Response Team training folks that are here today. My hat is off to you because we couldnt do it without your dead gaytion dedication and volunteerism. So, thank you to our nert members here today. applause and im so proud to continue to be partnering with our military personnel when it comes to humantarian assistance and disaster relief. I was literally in awe on wednesday on ocean beach with the landing of the lcac and also to take a look at the capabilities and the resources that we would have available to us in the event of a largescale emergency. My hat is off to all of you with just how well youve planned, your multitude capabilities, and as secretary schultz said ill take a note from his confidence of display. To see how you set up in an hour a Field Hospital to take care of patients, not run of the mill patients, but critically wounded patients. We were s
Transplants and also deceased kidney transplants. So, you know, theyre learning from us. Now the question is will we learn from them . Time. Okay. Thank you all for coming. Ill be over here signing books. [applause] if you would like one. [applause] on behalf of the public library, thank you again for coming, and thank you to all of you for coming and for your great questions. For more information on this system, please visit the d. C. Public library web site. Have great night. [applause] [inaudible conversations] wed like to hear from you. Tweet us your feedback, twitter. Com booktv. Larry diamond and marc plattner, the editors of democratization and authoritarianism in the arab world, along with book contributors talk about the promise of democratization in the middle east after the arab spring and the eventual backlash that took place in egypt and elsewhere. This is about an hour and 45 minutes. Good afternoon. Im marc plattner, the editor of journal of democracy and the Vice Presid
Our midst who already have the training and the experience to take care of the world . How did we put our veterans best to use in taking care of us in a future disaster . The third thing i want to ask of you is to help us think about lessons around recovery. In the wake of new orleans, our City Government started looking at how we prepare our self. And one thing we discovered was, as you all know, the relationships that exist on the ground between civilians and between our First Responders, really will help to dictate our success in tackling not just our response, but our recovery. And this is why last year in my district, in the heart of north beach which i hope many of you will have a chance to visit, we set up a coordinating council, and this is a council made up of local residents, neighborhood associations, merchant groups, churches, nonprofit organizations, city officials, and First Responders. The task of this local coordinating council was to figure out how do we deal with that
Macon, were learning the best. Firefighting below the deck, members on the flight deck learning about aircraft rescue, firefighting. Similarly, and i wont be able to stay the whole day today because soon ill be headed over to treasure island, a former navy firefighting school, well have that facility about 14 years and well be welcoming 40 members from the u. S. Marine corps, 20 members from the u. S. Navy, 10 members the u. S. Coast guard, where we will then partner with them and cross train them and use our techniques, reaching technical rescue and high and low rescue being demonstrated in display. We will also be having some of our u. S. Navy personnel on ridealongs with members on our ambulances, fire engines and trucks to continue with our cross training. So, it gives me great pride to be here to continue to serve as the fire chief, to welcome the military, and to say thank you to all of you. Heres to an enjoyable funfilled busy weekend. All the best, and thank you for your servic