In two months, the u. S. Coast guard, the Shallow Water service, will cover all seven continents on the globe. Today, we are in afghanistan, iran, africa, liberia, in south america, china, we are everywhere and i could not be more proud to serve the service but i cannot be more proud to have a seat that chairman dempsey has afforded me to be a guest on the chairman of the joint chiefs as we deal with many challenges that face us and the world ahead. Really what people ask why do you give to come to work every day . What causes you to get up to work every day is the people we are proud to serve. First of all, we are an all volunteer service and how appropriate we are here with the uso, an all volunteer service as well. Im just delighted to say that my wife fran is one of those 29,000 volunteers. [applause] she kept her maiden name because no one can pronounce zukunft so people would come through Reagan National air force airport at the uso office and asked what her husband does. All of a sudden, they laid down alms but fran is anything but that. She is very proud to be part of this Great Organization that we call the uso that serves our members and not just our members but our families as well. Theres a family i will call out tonight and that is the family of petty officer brett bates, joined tonight by his wife leanne and joined by his mother and father lisa and mark and his grandfather doyle. [applause] why are we calling out brett tonight . Many of you may have seen the movie the guardian. Brett bates is one of the guardians of the coast guard. He jumps out of perfectly good helicopters and he did so. It was back in april of 2013, launching over 100 miles south of galveston, texas and there is a fishing vessel foundering in 15 foot seas. Normally you lower your rescue down by a hoist and it was too rough to lower him down so he jumps out of a perfectly good aircraft. He swims up to a life raft. Then he not only comes up to the life raft but he says, its ok, im here to give you a lift. Thats exactly what he did but if we could do the same with ebola that he did with this mariner in distress, and then he hooked up, and then we lifted this mariner out and all thanks to brett bates for doing that. If that was not enough, he also is an emt. On a tennis court, somebody playing tennis suffers cardiac arrest and he happened to have an id kit and administered cpr and saves another life. He has done that again and again. And so he is truly a lifesaver. The biggest challenge for me as i call ourselves the silent service because we never talk about what we do. Brett bates is one of the many in our service that time and again, they save lives and thats what im trained to do. What you heard before his many heroes who have come before them and i will call another one out but thats what he is trained to do, to serve our nation as a volunteer. So brett bates, please come forward to be recognized, thank you for your service. [applause] i would like to think admiral zukunft for correcting me so beautifully. It was very classy. My people cannot help but to put flair on everything we do. If your name was smith, i would call you smithay. Ill never forget it again. I will remember it when i am crying alone in my hotel room. Its all good. The National Guard provides a vital role in the Nations Defense hold it together [laughter] both at home and overseas. In his civilian life to merit presented pursued a career with the u. S. Army corps of engineers to present our National Guardsmen of the year, please welcome the 27th chief, National Guard bureau general frank j graff. [applause] good evening, everyone and i think if i checked the schedule, i am the last military presenter. Ive got the simplest last name. I got to tell you when i went to basic training i went to ocs, that name did not give me any benefit whatsoever. [laughter] i was thinking as i was standing there listening to general dempsey throw me under a bus a few times and im the last military presenter, weve got a great chairman, no doubt. You should here this guy sing frank sinatra. For pat and i its a real pleasure to be here and so many places we have been, what a Great Organization that takes care of the men and women. You dont ask for anything. You walk in over and over, i have seen it, and i have to tell you that no matter where i have been on the map, theres always a friendly smile and sometimes you really need that especially if youre going to dover or going somewhere to meet family and you need that smile to build your endurance up and do what you have to do when you have to notify someone. Whenever you go in there and the family has been taken care of by the uso, it makes our jobs much easier. For everyone involved with the uso, thank you so much. Before i introduce our award winner tonight, i want to introduce Sergeant Andrew multredders family, his daughter cora, his parents are here, his brother al, sisterinlaw emily, sister amy, and brotherinlaw charlie. Thank you so much for supporting this great warrior. [applause] andrew, as any guardsmen who has done his training is an active duty training on the weekend. At the end of his training, he was heading home and back to lexington, his training was and shelby, kentucky. On the 12th of january, 2014, on his way home, he came upon an overturned suv on fire. With no regard for his personal safety, he went to the vehicle. He saw the driver who was unconscious and still strapped in. Assisted by two of his Kentucky ArmyNational Guard and army veteran that stopped to help, sergeant mehltretter took charge of the situation and went into action to extract the driver from the vehicle even while it was burning. He wanted to make sure there were no more injuries caused. So he began to organize the effort at the crash site. The driver who was a canadian citizen, as he came out of the vehicle, this combat medic, Sergeant Andrew mehltretter, uses combat skills and stabilize the patient and he stayed with that patient until the ambulance arrived. When the driver came back to consciousness, he looked up and andrew said you are ok emma we are here with you. Many folks especially the First Responders say that andrew. Save that gentlemans life anders commander said his dedication to duty and Selfless Service warrants recognition. His extraordinary here was him heroism establishes him as a professional, as a leader, as a mentor of soldiers. Ladies and gentlemen, the 2012 the 2014 uso National Guardsmen of the year, Sergeant Andrew mehltretter. [applause] and now ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the 2014 uso Service Members of the year. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back asiha tyler and the Vice President of monster, steve coker. [applause] i just want to say if i have not made it clear what an honor its been to share this night with you. All night, people have thanked me for being here. I keep telling them how much of an honor it is for me and how grateful i am. Thats not have lump. Thats not casual conversation. I said yes immediately when i was asked. The best part of my job is all the close and the carpets and bowl bull you read about the best part of this job is to give back and its incredibly high honor to serve that there is no higher honor than to be of service to those who serve. I am so, so grateful to be here with you. As an incredible night for may. Thank you. [applause] thank you and great job. Except for the zumkunft thing that was that. Is that the only thing . That was the only thing. On behalf of monster military. Com i want to thank you all for attending this evening. It is truly an honor to support the uso and their mission to lift the spirit of american troops and families and to jd and the uso staff, what an Inspiring Program you put together tonight. Thank you for creating such an extraordinary event. To those who are honored this evening, i am in in all. I spake for everyone in this room when i say we are humbled by your stories. Your courage and dedication in the Service Makes me proud to be american. You are what makes our country great. You have my sincere thanks and appreciation. [applause] we have come to the end of a remarkable evening. As ive said, its been yes, there is always something afterwards a hold on. [laughter] its in a real pleasure to serve as your mistress of ceremonies tonight and hear the stories of these Incredible Service man women and their families. You are incredible and we are so grateful for everything you do. I think there is one other thing there is one other thing. It feels like we did not lannett. [laughter] the after party is Getting Started upstairs in the international terrace. General spencer is still here . I hear we might have a wrap. [applause] it may just motivate everyone to go. Hes given us the thumbs up so we will see you upstairs, thank you. Thank you for joining us, good night and god bless the United States of america. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] why that 7 00 your calls on washington journal. A look at the Affordable Care ilipicth an f runs a nonprofit organization. We have to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. On the one hand, we need to get word out to millions of people who did not enroll the first time. That is a harder to reach population. On the other hand, we have to help those to make sure they have the facts they need. Think it is easy when you are doing this work to stumble on that. To think why does our messaging need to be different . From enroll americas perspective, it does need to be different. We want to use a simple framework to help all consumers no matter what category they are in. The comes down to information that is available to you. It is important for people who are renewing their coverage. Changed,income has they may be eligible for a different kind of financing. That is the first cap step you should take. You can shop around for plans. That is true for americans that are enrolling for the first time that also for people who are renewing. Increase in the number of Insurance Companies that are on the market. You might find a better option. The third step is to choose your plan and enroll. The plan happy with you have, you have the chance to enrollment. Way, thatme it that helps people understand that we can talk about this very similarly in a way that does not confuse consumers or complicate things. That is a complicated policy issue on the backhand. How we share the information with consumers is straightforward. You can see that entire interview at 10 00 and 6 00 on sunday. Thank you for your comments about our programming. Iswashington journal wonderful. Very informative and i appreciate you letting people inh as myself actually call and talk to people who are running our country. I would like to make a suggestion. Instead of dividing the country between democrats and republicans and independents, cspan the shed asked the question and have colors call in and agree or disagree. This would save a lot of partisanship. This is the best show ive seen. Please have more shows like the one today. Have a democrat and republican others of people can ask questions. Explainto have them what the policies are and how they differ. We need to know how they think and how we should vote. Have us call in and question them. You can call us. You can send us a tweet. You can join the cspan conversation. Good afternoon. I special to i especially want to recognize michaels sister ellen, his brotherinlaw barry, and his girlfriend ira, who traveled from germany to stay here. A few weeks before michael died, Andrew Seeley and i went to have breakfast with him in his georgetown home. Though he was clearly ill, his eyes gleamed. He had on a starched shirt, and he served as a full breakfast, a little bit of which he ate. He was optimistic about the future. That is how i think we should remember him. Whatever happens and we hit the november 24 deadline for the iran nuclear deal, some of my own interested in it has dimmed, because michael wont be telling me about it and because i wont be able to share his excitement. The Wilson Center has had many scholars, and has many, but whether because of his talent, his personality, or the incredible impact of his expertise, michael stood out. We honor his legacy today. More specifically, we wanted to do something else, so we will be putting up a plaque to the library where michael spent countless hours, to commemorate more permanently his contributions to the center and to his beloved subject, the iran nuclear deal. There is also a picture of michael hanging in the library, located in the gallery to the left of the library entrance. Staff will be on hand to direct you to the space. We have the Perfect Panel here today to celebrate michael. Rob, the Vice President for scholars, and one of our featured panelists, will say more about mark and david in a moment. But i will say that, yeah, they are smart and well known, but just remember they wrote some of their best books right here at the Wilson Center. And they are going to write their next best books right here at the Wilson Center. Rob served on the National Security council, as director of nonproliferation in the clinton administration. That was in another century, folks. He just put out a very important monograph on Irans Nuclear chest. I can think of no better tribute to michael than the conversation we will have today. Only one thing is missing in that conversation michael. At the close of our discussion, join us for a reception in the dining room, which is right here on the sixth floor. Let me say just one more time how much we love michael, and i will turn the program over. Thank you for coming. [applause] thank you, jane. It is fitting that we honor michael today by addressing the vital issue on which he worked with such passion and determination in his final years. Michael is missed for so many reasons, his friendship and collegial presence, the integrity of his work, his clarity of thought. This Panel Includes two journalists on my left, david sanger of the new york times, and a National Security correspondent. David was a Public Policy scholar. He more recently wrote the way of the knife. Not long ago, a meeting on Irans Nuclear challenges would have focused on the possibility of u. S. Airstrikes on iran. Now Nuclear Diplomacy is playing out against the backdrops of u. S. Airstrikes against isis, in tacit alignment with iran. Negotiators just meant in oman to narrow the gap between the two sides. Before hand, president obama wrote to the Supreme Leader, urging him not to miss a historic opportunity. So what are the prospects for a nuclear deal . The division of labor on this panel is that i will frame the Nuclear Issue within the broader context of u. S. Iranian relations. David sager will follow with a more detailed assessment of the Nuclear Diplomacy. Mark zandi will conclude to assess how the tumultuous regional developments, particularly the war against isis, will affect Nuclear Negotiations. After these initial presentations we will have an exchange among the three of us and open the floor to questions. It should be a straightforward tradeoff between technology and transparency. Iran would retain a limited Nuclear Program under international safeguards, in return for the lifting of economic sanctions. Technical details, such as numbers of permissible centrifuges, the scope of international inspections, and a timetable of sanctions based on iranian compliance, could be worked out. On technical grounds, such an agreement would fall within the declared u. S. And iranian position. Irans Nuclear Program is determined and incremental, but it is not the manhattan project. It is a Crash Program to acquire a weapon in the face of an existential threat. The dilemma is that iran has mastered uranium enrichment. Centrifuges that can spend to produce low enriched uranium for power reactors can keep spending to yield highly enriched uranium for bombs. Any country that has attained this level of Technological Advancement is a Virtual Nuclear weapon state. From a National Security perspective, a Nuclear Hedge is irans strategic sweet spot, maintaining the potential of the nuclear option, while avoiding the regional and International Cost of international weaponization. As long as we can enrich uranium and master the Nuclear Fuel Cycle we dont need to do anything else. Our neighbors will be able to draw the proper conclusions. President obama has declared that the u. S. Objective is to prevent iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. By drawing this redline and preventing weaponization, the president has signaled that the United States would not launch a preventive military a