[silence} [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [applause] [silence] [silence] all praise is due to the lord of all the worlds. Please be seated, ladies and gentlemen. In accordance with muslim tradition and consistent with the wishes of muhammad ali may god have mercy on him. We begin this program with a brief recitation from the koran, the scripture of the muslim, a young emom from a midtown mosque in memphis tennessee for spear heading a neighborhood renewal effort in one of the most blighted areas in memphis. It is centered around a mosque and one of the few graduates of the university will share a few verses from the koran. [applause] laj, Hamsa Abdullah malik. Ladies and gentlemen. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] [singing in native tongue] [singing in native tongue] [singing in native tongue] [singing in native tongue] [singing in native tongue] [singing in native tongue] now with the translations of thos
Reactors i got so what . Well two big so whats. One big so what you cant get them to give up reprocessing if they have gas graphite reactors because processing that spent fuel is integral to that fuel cycle. You cant leave water forever. Them giving it up gave us a basis for which to continue to insist that there be no reprocessing on the peninsula. So if you knew a little bit, it was a real break through and then, of course, the reactors were plutonium production reactors in ways water reactors are not. Water reactors do produce plutonium and we can talk about that if you want but its safer and more proliferation resistant. The deal with the North Koreans was complicated. Not as complicated as the irans deal. We had the North Koreans doing thing we wanted them to do. Compared to not doing a deal and looking at maybe 30 weapons a year production for the North Koreans, compare that with no production this looked pretty good. Now a couple of little asterisks here. One asterisk is right i
Plan of action with iran. And japan was obviously important as a key element in the overall regional structure. And then ultimately, as a state, it was going to be vital to implementing the agreement, especially the light water reactors. It is less obvious in the issue with Irans Nuclear program, but japan and iran have had a longstanding and uniquely positive relationship that existed prior to the uranium revolution, but also existed after the revolution, so japan is an especially important country in irans practice, and there are also a number of business and commercial relationships to be had between japan and iran, so japan is an important country both from the standpoint of the u. S. , but also the standpoint of iran going forward, so its another reason to have this discussion today and to think about incentives for maintaining compliance. We are honored to have many distinguished presenters and panelists today. Jim will introduce the first panel, but i would like to make a specia
Museum andtional spy Smithsonian Associates cohosted this 90 minute event. We are delighted to have our own historian. Dr. Vince houghton. He is the historian and curator of the museum. He holds a phd in military history from the university of maryland, where his Research Centered on u. S. Scientific and technological intelligence in the Second World War and the cold war. It makes them ideally suited to deliver todays talk. He also got his masters degree focusing on the relationship. Etween the u. S. And russia you may get some questions focusing on our current difficulties with russia. On thetalked extensively history of u. S. Intelligence, diplomatic history, the cold war. He is a u. S. Army veteran, serving in the balkans where he assisted in civilian and military intelligence activities. We are delighted to have you as our speaker. Please help me welcome vince houghton. [applause] thank you, peter. Thank you for coming here today. Any chance to talk about the atomic spies, Nuclear
Anyone. I resist on that, totally. We dont go out to dinner very much with people. That part of our life seems to have dwindled. Much more when we came here over the years, whatever the time pressure was, whatever the reason, there is less of that hat goes on. I have too much respect for too many. And oh i will regret it and kick myself and say how could i have mentioned him without mentioning her. Lets go to president s, then. It was the president that you have enjoyed working with and havent enjoyed working with . Ive worked to a degree with ll the president s. I havent had a bad relationship with any president , for starters. I think president obama is very, very thoughtful, very careful. Does how to weigh pros and cons and gets along very well. I thought president clinton was unusual in terms of his ability, not just a think through issues and he has got a heck of a great mind, but he also had the ability has the ability, still very vigorously to connect with people on a personal w