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Good afternoon and welcome to the aspen institute. I am the executive director of the Strategy Group and formed and its a great pleasure to see this crowd. You will all be on cspan so be on your best behavior. We are here to launch an important book on the future of the u. S. China relationship called the struggle for power u. S. China relations in the 21st century. I want to say a word about that but first, recognize distinguished guests. I want to recognize the cochair of the organization, former secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice whos here with us. And youl you will be hearing fm secretary rice and about half an hour she will be one of our conversationalists. The harvard emeritus professor could not be here with us but is very much part of this effort. I want to pay tribute to the former secretary of defense and a very good friend of mine, secretary bill and mrs. Janet ....
The aspen institute. I am the executive director of the Strategy Group and formed and its a great pleasure to see this crowd. You will all be on cspan so be on your best behavior. We are here to launch an important book on the future of the u. S. China relationship called the struggle for power u. S. China relations in the 21st century. I want to say a word about that but first, recognize distinguished guests. I want to recognize the cochair of the organization, former secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice whos here with us. And youl you will be hearing fm secretary rice and about half an hour she will be one of our conversationalists. The harvard emeritus professor could not be here with us but is very much part of this effort. I want to pay tribute to the former secretary of defense and a very good friend of mine, secretary bill and mrs. Janet calling. Welcome. [applause] ....
Just this morning there was an assault at a weapons depot in crimea where armed men attacked a military base. We are going to try to understand it as it comes in. Officially thousands of Russian Troops have ousted Ukrainian Forces and taken complete control of crimea. Ukraine is in yellow, crimea in red. Crimea is so key to russia. Just ten miles separate russia from crimea, but theres a lot of history there, there have been famous battles there, crimeans have been at odds with russia. And the white house has been holding emergency meetings, and the u. S. Just one of the countries threatening to skip the g8 summit. We have the crisis covered around the world for you this morning, starting in ukraine. Diana . Reporter hi. Well, we hear from the Ukrainian Naval commander recently appointed because of the defection of th ....