[inaudible conversations] are we ready to go . Great. Welcome to todays launch of the council on Foreign Relations and the pendant Task Force Report north america time for a new focus to rid the cochairs hear Robert Zoellick of course, somebody who i think last time i interviewed you we were both in sudan. So thank you very much. Shannon oneil, director and cochair, David Petraeus i think last summer i into the jew we were in iraq. So its good to be in a slightly more tame environment. I want to get right to the question of why now, why this . Reading newspapers, the attention, the focus of this administration clearly on Foreign Policy, current prices the in the middle of these, please to the idea of a pivot to asia and effectively what youre talking about in the Task Force Report is a pivot to north america. So why . Its time for a new focus. The reason is when you come back to it, our number one and two trading partners are our two neighbors, not other countries or regions of the wor
Middle class positions. Apparently the japanese market is teetering on whether they will be sold. The last part of the market is zoned by the sabatinis and they already said they want to sell their property and build an office building. So, were looking at hundreds and hundreds of jobs. And not only that, as i say, an industry where i know myself as a florist, we go there every day. We dont just go there at 2 oclock in the morning. Its the type of ondemand business that you go when you need something. And, you know, theres a lot of concerns. This is an industry we do not want to see leaving San Francisco. So, maybe we can is there some is there someone who would be informed enough to come present to us about what the whats happening there and what the likely scenarios are . Right now not yet, but i just wanted to bring this to the attention, that everyones listening, and its all drifting. The deal with the sale of the italian the italian market apparently will close by the end of the y
Questions. Thank you very much. [ applause ]. Director general amano, thank you very much for your presentation. I have a few questions to pose to you. Im sure our audience has many that it would like to pose to you. I know iran is going to be a big focus of attention, so therefore isle start off talking about the agency and its role. I particularly want to raise the concern that i and many others have about the growing politicization surround iing th board of governors and its discussions about the agencys role. I remember when i yutzed to attend board of governors meetings, general conferences, usually there was a consensus among Board Members on any particular topic. It was very rare there was voting and a divided membership. Now its almost the norm on lots of issues for there to be voting and differences. You mention the the state level concept or state level approach. I think this is a very innova innovative approach to safeguarding. I think it would enhance the agencys role yet y
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