Particular. We didnt try to take on the whole envoy question for because the conflict ones had special characteristics. But tom, youre putting your finger on a problem. Because if you looked at the number of special envoys, and its almost the same from one administration to another, youre talking about 25 or more special envoys, and if theyre all supposed to report to the secretary of state, you realize, in addition to all the regular structures, you really have an unworkable structure. [ inaudible ] yeah. So its not bad to put these under some of them under a structured bureau, and therefore have an undersecretary who is handling more of that. And i think we have to be very careful about the proliferation in to areas that, again, sometimes become more symbolic. And i think deserves more attention. On the conflict with other policies, this is very important. We tried to deal with it a little bit, Richard Haass experience working on cyprus in relationship to our relationship with turkey
Congress of American Indians for supporting both the Indian Energy and the irrigation bills through their resolutions passed last october so thank you for getting that done. These measures are small but important pieces to several tribal economies and i dont plan to stop at this point. I intend to continue the conversation with Indian Country on Economic Development issues throughout this entire congress. Today we heard many examples of how tribes are engines of Economic Growth and innovative governments. While we triumph in Indian Country, innovation and progress, we cannot forget those that still need attention and help. President Franklin Delano roosevelt once said, quote the test of progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, its whether we provide enough to those who have little. [applause] i cannot think of any more deserving of our attention than the most vulnerable indian children. Indian country innovation and input will be critical in reversin
Calls and look for your comments on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is live every day at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan will. Monday night, a Funeral Service for the late Washington Post editor ben bradlee. Speakers include popular word bob woodward. On september 23, 1972, about 9 00 p. M. , i reached john mitchell, president nixons former attorney, about a story we were running. He said he had controlled a secret fund for undercover operations of such as watergate. Mitchell was quite upset. Responding jesus several times as i read in the story. He then proceeded to let me in on important, private parts of Katharine Grahams anatomy which he said would get caught in a big fat ringer is the post printed the story. He also said we are going to do a story on all of you and hung up the phone. I called been at home ben at home. We did not much observe the chain of command. Ben interrogated me had he been drinking . I couldnt tell. Did i properly identify myself . Yes. Did i have good n
Weapons to russia, the signatories, i quote, reaffirm their commitment to ukraines independence on sovereignty and existing borders. Refrain from the threat of use of force against territorial integrity or political independence of ukraine. And from economic coercion to subordinate to their interests the exercise by ukraine of the rights inherent in its sovereignty. Thats a pretty comprehensive list, congratulations, but, but things have changed and where do you think the change has come from and why . Well, first of all, leon, its great to be here with you. Its great to be back at aei with so many friends. Thank you for coming out. And it is truly interesting to think back that it was 20 years ago that we met and at that point we had so much hope about being able to knit a reforming democratizing russia into the International System that we could lift all boats including the lives of 150 million russian people. It is true that one of the first major pieces of negotiation that i every
[laughter] thanks, i appreciate your comments. And i am intrigued by those that you wrapped up within the decision they can process for the preparedness and the allocation of resources and you find it completely ad hoc and disjointed and one response to that is democracy. It is a messy process with the location resources done by things allocated by criteria that might not always be rational. That is the reality of the democracy and the testing of the responsibility and the political executive branch. You mentioned in terms of how to fix it in rationalizing the democracy i think that we could agree you suggested this Public Health czar or official. Any other specific ideas to lead from the federal level on how we can make that process a little bit more rational and Going Forward . Well, i guess i would start at the top. I think the president staff and the cabinet have to come to some agreement about instructor for the decisionmaking that becomes increasingly more inclusive. And it gets