Everyone please sit down. Know we have people trickling in, but we are starting anyway. Ok. Welcome to the Wilson Center to those who are physically here and those who will be watching us on cspan and by other means. Harman, the president and ceo of the Wilson Center and former member of congress who is proud of her role in helping create the department of Homeland Security. Today we are pleased to cohost ural Homeland Security Experts Group meeting with support from the miners association, american airlines, and mckinsey. It is the group of the best americann the Homeland Security. It was found over 10 years ago and is now rebooted and housed at the minor corporation. Secretary and my dear friend Michael Chertoff and i are honored to be cochairs, and rob walker is the newly minted director. Mission is to offer independence, nonpartisan advice to key government officials as they face hard security programs, raise awareness, and offer solutions. We are nonpartisan and we hope we add val
Hampshire, this was his first swing on the campaign. Thank you. Im looking out there, i see some very friendly faces. Good morning nashua. Some energy, come on, i want to get going here. [applause] not that hard, its sunday morning, you slept yesterday, right . It is great to be back in the granite state, a second home for me. Ive got two second homes, iowa and New Hampshire. [laughter] i love this state. Growing up i have great memories of visiting here with friends. Squam lake, getting up the highway there toward some of your blue ice that you get to ski on sometimes and high school in concord where i would really look forward to taking that first cut of the hockey season on the black ice and now the ice doesnt even freeze, so its hard to do today, but i love the primary tradition of the state. Not just because you voted for me. It goes a lot farther back than that, folks, to be honest with you. When i was 24 years old stationed on the other side of the earth, when Radio Broadcasts a
Thank you for taking a break from your shopping and festivities to be here to pick the next president of the United States. We take our responsibility seriously in New Hampshire and these folks are here because you met candidates, top candidates, interviewed candidates. Have they shoveled your lawn lately . That is what they really want to know. I am honored to introduce two of my favorite candidates over the years, we have secretary john kerry with us. For those of you that were on the 2008 campaign. Secretary not made my final decision, but i am super excited to have Vice President biden in the room, in the house today. Give him big applause. Welcome him. He was the author of the violence against women act, he has been working tirelessly on Environmental Issues and saving our planet and security but most importantly in this time we are all facing, he will bring dignity and honor and courage and he will bring respect back to the United States of america. Welcome john kerry and Vice Pr
Laden gentlemen, please welcome congresswoman custer. [applause] good morning, nashua, thank you for turning out, great to see you. A snowy morning. Some Holiday Cheer going on. Thank you for taking a break festivities to be here to pick the next president of the United States. We take our responsibilities seriously in New Hampshire and youe folks are here because vet candidates, talk to candidates, have they shoveled your lawn lately. Honoreduper excited and to introduce two of my favorite candidates over the years, we have secretary john kerry is with us, for those of you on the 2008 campaign. [applause] kuster secretary kerry is a friend to New Hampshire, veterans, women, environmentalists. We were proud to send him on his way to the nomination. And joe biden, Vice President of the United States. [applause] kuster like many of you i havent made my final decision but im excited to have him in the house and room today, give him a big applause, welcome him, he was the author of the vio
Getting up the highway to ski on blue ice sometimes. Concord,school in where i would really look forward to taking that first cut of the hockey season on the black ice. Now the ice does not even freeze. So it is hard to do today. But i love the primary tradition of this state. Not just because you voted for me. [laughter] it goes a lot farther back than that. When i was 24 years old, stationed on the other of the broadcasts andio weeks old newspapers in a mail pouch that finally got to us shared with me my idealized introduction to the phenomenon of the New Hampshire primary. After one of my closest friends in college killed in combat, New Hampshire was no longer just the place i what to high school. I went to high school. In the winter of 1968, New Hampshire was Something Else entirely. Some of you here remember that closely. Ageons of young people my legions of young people my age, an army of kids for peace, caring pamphlets while i was caring a guy the thousand miles away. Just kids