Administrations budget request and a number of other of other issues that are before us. I would say one of the Key Takeaways the last few months has been the growing number of threats to our technological superiority. We have had classified and unclassified sessions on that and to me, it is one of the key challenges that we chase that we face. As i mentioned secretary, i was perusing my bookshelf, and i came upon a very brilliant edition called keeping the edge, looking towards the future and that was managed by Ashton Carter written by Ashton Carter and essentially it said two of the things that we had to maintain a technological edge was to align our defense procurement practices with market forces, and secondly, to remain the worlds fastest integrator of technology into the defense system. I kind of wonder how we are doing these days. I think that is very relevant for today. I just had a medium meeting with one of the defense thinkers last week talking about the challenges of integ
Secretary, section 123 of the Atomic Energy act requires all significant agreements must he be approved by both houses of congress. Last year, Congress Approved two such agreements. One with south korea and one with great britain, our allies. In this case, what we are dealing with is the leading sponsor of terrorism. The position of this administration is that should not be subject to approval by the u. S. Congress. I dont quite understand that distinction. Can you explain that to me . Mr. Blinken the issue is, what is the best form of the agreement in order for us to have the flexibility we need to make sure iran is living up to obligations and to reimpose sanctions quickly if it is not. What we are seeking the issue here is whether this is a legally binding agreement or not. If it is legally binding, it would be subject to the rules of international law, which can be quite burdensome. Having a nonbinding agreement gives us the flexibility to step back sanctions immediately. With rega
He spoke at the brookings institution. I would like to welcome you to the forum on u. S. Customs and bOrder Protection. The event is live. We would like to welcome our national viewing audience. Many of you know that customs and Order Protection is the Largest Law Enforcement Agency and provides the second largest revenue. They cease drugs undeclared or illicit currency, and products with intellectual Property Rights violations. The agency works hard to safeguard the borders and enhance legitimate trade and commerce. Our speaker is gil. He will speak on his insights from leading the agency and look at the highlights, in terms of his vision for moving forward. The agency put out a new document that lays out what the agency would like to do. The commissioner was nominated by obama and sworn in the last year. He oversees a mission of protecting National Security objectives. He brings four decades of Law Enforcement and drug policy to this. He served as the director of the White House Offi
Joseph cirincione talks about the possibility of nuke leer weapons being used today. He says the decline in the number of Nuclear Weapons since the 1960s should leave us hopeful that they can be eliminated entirely in the future. This is a little under an hour. [applause] thank you very much for that very kind and generous introduction. Its a pleasure to be with you today. I have to say im honored to serve as secretary kerrys Advisory Board for the comments i give are purely my own and do not represent the views of that lord of the state department or the u. S. Government. Im delighted to see so many students here and maybe some of you here have read some of my articles but i would guess that very few of you other than the students have seen my video clips on the colbert report. When i go to speak at schools thats primarily how they know me. Ive given hundreds of interviews in my life and the one with Stephen Colbert was right for the most difficult. Ive never met anybody as smart as h
From Bloomberg European headquarters. I am francine lacqua. Guy johnson is off today. Also coming up, how to survive an avalanche. We speak to the pro snowboarder who had the technology to save her life. And its chief executive tells us why. Now lets get a quick market check. This is what we are seeing. We did start the day on a high. For the moment, we are down from the days highs, but still gaining weight three percent. Heading the stoxx 600 for its third consecutive weekly advancement. O is the one to watch out for. This is the french autoparts maker that posted earnings that beat analyst estimates. A very quick look at fx. We are looking out for the g2 0 this weekend. Janet yellen arrives tomorrow morning for the talks. In ukraine, the president has agreed to plan to resolve the political crisis that has caused chaos in the country for weeks. An accord will be assigned in about an hour. David tweed has been following the story from berlin. First of all, give us the latest. Just tha