Appointment . I think 8 15 on tuesday is the time to go because its not monday. Its not the end of the week. 8 15 he probably hasnt gone to bed. You know he has had his dinner. So i knock on the door, he opens it and he looks at me and he says, are you still doing this [ applause ] i didnt say anything because i knew he was sincere. He looked at me and got a disappointed look on his face and then he kind of went, come on in. Sat for two hours and answered not all but most of the question. Why . Because someone showed up and said i want to listen to your account of what occurred. He went from a firm no to maybe. 2 seconds to a yes in one second just because somebody was there. Whats the lesson . I dont know what you do but if i want to find out and you wont talk, im going to be knocking at your door even at 71 years of age. [ applause ] i want to say this is the most fun ive had in ages. Thanks to all of you. Bob, ken, carl, elizabeth. This has been just absolutely terrific event thanks
I hope everyone is clear on that. Probljectsworking on on islam . No. Education reform. We have not ventured into any social stuff or into too much Foreign Policy type things, so nothing on islam currently. Any thoughts on why so many wealthy entrepreneurs are liberal . I do not know. In Silicon Valley, they kind of our commonlaw but i do not know if entrepreneurs are liberal. It seems like many businessmen to come cronies of government. You see many people make the thomas and is in turn where they enter as entrepreneurs and become political entrepreneurs. Uber. Ee that with h six months ago we were cheering them, but they have totally made the turn to go a political entrepreneur. After they go into these cities, they start to cut deals with local governments where they make regulations, and if they them,ford to adhere to you see a lot of these may starturs, they out one way, but they are in it for their business first and foremost. I do not fault them for, but i do not like using gove
Small business administration, housing, transportation, or any other agency, should sit together with Indian Tribes to opportunities the you are sharing with us. A lot of tribes depend on gaming. We need to expand our opportunities and Economic Development. That is one reason why we announced 20,000 to encourage organizations to do a better job of working with tribal leaders to get the word out of various programs. A program is mentioned about waiving fees on small loans. We decided to create a small loan, and micro loan, program for agricultural reducers. Up to 50,000, low interest rate, low security. We need to make sure folks are aware of them. The 2501 program is one way of doing that. We had a conference recently which was another opportunity us to get out the word. That was a very good comment. We need to get more outreach. Our time is up. Like i said in my opening comments, there is never a Marshall Plan for Indian Country. The leaders in front of you represent individuals that
You may have seen a spirited reply to the letter which is worth looking at. One of the issues which is a arisen of course in congress over the last couple of weeks, including with the visit with netanyahu is that it probably has made it rather more in congress than it was previously. That also changes the dynamic as far as the United States is concerned. The foreign secretary said, we have made some progress in the negotiations, i think there is a willingness on both sides to try to reach a deal, but the obstacles are still formidable. These are about Big Decisions which are going to have to be reached primarily by iranian colleagues, about the future of their nuclear industry, and the amount they have invested in it. Those are difficult decisions. And as the foreign secretary said, there are still a number of them which are critical to success on which we do not have movement. So as just said we go into the negotiations in the next round of negotiations with the degree of optimism, bu