Leaders. Lets see what he has to say. Jim, thanks for your leadership. You know, originally my team had prepared some remarks, they always get nervous when im out there on my own, never know what i might say. But given the dialogue that we had the last time, i thought it was useful for me to abbreviate my remarks, speak off the cuff at the top and then most of the time just having a conversation. Let me begin by saying all of you in this room are not just Business Leaders, not just ceos of your companies but youre also economic leaders and thought leaders in this country and i recognize that all of you have an enormous investment not only in your own companies but in the wellbeing of america. There are a lot of patriots in this room and people who care deeply about not only your bottom lines but also the future of this country. Youve shown that over the last four years. Weve gone through as difficult of an economic period as weve seen in most of our lifetimes and weve emerged not yet w
Somalia will remain a top foreignpolicy for the department of state as it has been for the obama administration. This past year marks some changes in somalia and in our bilateral relationship with somalia. The election was a welcome of a lyrical was stop because of the support for the Peace Process and the leadership role of our regional partners notably the African Union and the intergovernmental authority. On january 17, we formally recognize the federal government of somalia after two decades a Transitional Government. Nonetheless, the u. S. Government also understood very clearly that somalia would face considerable challenges as it worked to rebuild its statehood. The successes of the African Union mission in somalia, contribute companies and Strategic Partners to combat al shabaab are demonstrating the strength of an action african led a model. Thisbased al qaeda affiliate is a dangerous present. The terrorist attacks on the west gate Shopping Mall for which alshabaab has taken c
Most fundamentally is the absence of understanding for fiscal 2014 what our planning levels are to work with. It impedes on the long emerging term business in somalia what title x dod resources and title ii will be available to brought to bear whether its somalia or any other country in the region. I would just add to this. We are in a critical time as we move toward these important milestones that will be critical for seizing the moment and helping somalia move forward. Its an effort that the United States is doing in Close Partnership with the International Community. There are a number of important meetings as well as that we are constrained in being able to participate in right now. Several of you mention that the particular structure amazon in some ways a model of africanlead Regional Security being successful. I would be interested in each your respective sphere. Sort of how you see the model playing out Going Forward. What are the Lessons Learned strength, weaknesses. I have rep
You have fed the children. And once again tonight you have raised millions to address a variety of health care crises. And hopefully a large portion of this years money will go towards fixing the obama care website. [ laughter ] good morning. Its friday, october 18th. Welcome to morning joe. This has been i think the longest week ever. Were still in washington and here with us on set in washington we have a great group. Washington anchor for bbc world news katty kay. Then former White House Press secretary robert gibbs with us. Senior Political Editor and White House Correspondent for the Huffington Post sam stein who had a harrowing trip. Correspondent for bloomberg, josh green who found a new way to get his cover at the top of the show and put the creepiest picture youve ever seen, spooky creepy and i just realized i feel bad to say this, but this guy looks like my best friends husband. Im sorry. Its ted cruz. It is . Looks like jim to me. Any resemblance to bill murray . A little mu
He chose to he could stop this war a war which has done untold damage to the ukrainian and the russian peoples. His war is an assault on ukraine. An assault on un charter and an assault on the International Norms that protect us all. So we stand with our ukranian friends for as long as it takes because ukraines fight for freedom is the worlds fight for freedom. It is our fight for freedom. And if you crane sovereignty and territory are not respected, then no country is truly secure. These are the reasons why ukraine can and must when thank that was james and cleverly the farm and stuff for the united kingdom. Speaking the off, the 2nd row of the Russian Foreign minister at a Un Security Council meeting on ukraine. A meeting of 4 minutes is the 1st since russia invaded ukraine back in february, thats bringing correspondent alan fisher. It also been listening in the end. We heard, 1st of all and 2nd lover of Russian Foreign minister repeating the same narrative weve been hearing out of r