connecticut s exchange as the best one out there. the best one is in connecticut. i was up there last week, and the guy who runs it, former insurance company executive, he s got three big boards with the data of how many people are on now this minute, where are they having problems so that they can go and address them, what s the total enrollment. they have a really dynamic team. joining me now, the head of that team, kevin counihan. good to see you, good morning. good morning. so big shout out there from zeke emanuel, and, obviously, other states are looking at what connecticut has done. can you kind of summarize what you re doing that maybe other states haven t picked up on? well, i feel we re in no position to, you know, judge any other states. everyone s working hard to make this work and it s highly, highly complex, but i think a couple things worked for us. one, we tried to simplify the enrollment process as much as possible. two is we standardized plan
god bless you and god bless the united states of america. thank you. the president of the united states giving a thank you, a shout-out there, if you will, to the cia there in langley. the employees there. you see the back of their heads. you don t see a lot of their faces quite frankly because they do what they do in secret. they don t get a lot of attention and don t want the attention. they do their jobs in secret and it s necessary for them to do so. the president telling them this was truly a team effort, speaking about the success in getting osama bin laden in that raid a couple of weeks ago. also said, talking about the risk in that raid saying, yes, we put together a case, one of the strongest cases we ve had in years since tora bora about where bin laden was but he said we did not know for sure and there were risks associated with this, but saying that the whole world now knows that his faith in the intelligence community was, in fact, justified. also reiterating that this i
our work. and in return, as we approach the tenth anniversary of 9/11, we commit to you that we will continue to do everything in our power to fulfill your mission of defeating al qaeda and their militant allies. we will do whatever it takes to protect this country and to keep it safe. this has been a long and tough fight, and it s not over. but as we have just proven, it s a fight that we re going to win for you, mr. president, and for the american people. ladies and gentlemen, it is my great honor to introduce the president of the united states. thank you. thank you very much. thank you, all. thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. well, thank you, leon, and thank you, jim. when i chose leon panetta as director of the cia, i said he was going to be a strong advocate for this agency and would strengthen your capabilities to meet the threats of our time. when i chose jim clapper as director of national intelligence, i charged him with making