World leaders alike. The conference of president probably count among the 53 organizations. [applause] together, we have enjoyed productive partnership, most recently under the leadership of chairman and ceo howard. Congratulations also, betsy, like most people have heard, has been elected to the executive council and we look forward to working closely with betsy as well. By the way, fabulous speech yesterday. [applause] for more than 30 years, its been led by one of the great jewish leaders of our time. The one and only. [applause] as ceo, markham shaped history through his visionary leadership. Thank you, malcolm, for all you have done and continue to do for the jewish people. [applause] we are grateful that malcolm will continue to provide us with leadership and strategic guidance in the works of our new chief executive, william. [cheering and applauding] william is well known for his past experience and drive and we look forward to his resolute leadership. Its more than these excep
Hard not to because that is the alltime low on the 10 year treasury. It would have consequences. Reactionready seeing in stocks around the world potentially. This is all coming from the sentiments as we progress through the morning, and japan overnight and now in the united states. We started off the session in the positive and now we are lower by 1 apiece. Groups arethree lower now and you are looking at things like transportation, energy, the dollar Index Holding above 99. We backed off the highs there with gold futures, but that vix is still at 25 and likely will stay there. This is interesting. Guy lets take a look at what is happening here in europe. Lows. Just obsession just off session lows. The german tenyear now 52. Volatility continues to rise. We are watching this very carefully. Vonnie all of this began with the coronavirus and the number of cases in europe containing to continuing to rise. Italy with melody the latest. The number of cases continues to increase, but the spe
The conference of president probably count among the 53 organizations. [applause] together, we have enjoyed productive partnership, most recently under the leadership of chairman and ceo howard. Congratulations also, betsy, like most people have heard, has been elected to the executive council and we look forward to working closely with betsy as well. By the way, fabulous speech yesterday. [applause] for more than 30 years, its been led by one of the great jewish leaders of our time. The one and only. [applause] as ceo, markham shaped history through his visionary leadership. Thank you, malcolm, for all you have done and continue to do for the jewish people. [applause] we are grateful that malcolm will continue to provide us with leadership and strategic guidance in the works of our new chief executive, william. [cheering and applauding] william is well known for his past experience and drive and we look forward to his resolute leadership. Its more than these exceptional leaders that m
Abandon it i believe our special relationship is unwavering, precious and worth protecting. Let me address several of those pillars. The first pillar is that it transcends political ideology. A friendship with israel is rooted in National Security concerns, but it is also rooted in share value says such as sovereignty. For some reason, the violation of all common sense. Israel has condemned more than any other country but his socalled global community. Let me say that again. I responsible democratic nation, with the rule of law, is rebuked more than dictators. Simply for serving its unquestionable right to be safe in his homeland. If it is morally backwards nothing is. This may sound obvious, but it needs to be said. Israel has the right to defend itself from missiles, and bombs, and tunnels and night attacks. applause the United States should let the world know where it stands. But how can america be sure we can never been our closest friends in the middle east. Its up to congress fir
Thanking them for their service to our country. Both have served our country in various capacities for a long time. Not an easy thing to do. I respect and appreciate that work. I look forward to continuing to work with you. The good news i want to start with is unlike last year we have a budget agreement. And last year we spent a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run anything in the government but certainly the department of defense without Appropriations Bills in a timely manner. Now, last year we were off by i dont know 3. 5 months, Something Like that, but thats better than drifting into the next year. We did get Appropriations Bills and an authorizing bill done by december of last year which gives some predictability to the department. I think thats important. This year we hope to come a little bit closer to october 1st. Certainly on the authorizing bill, but also in the appropriations bill. Most importantly, we have a budget number. And hopefully we can get that pre