whether i'm in singapore or moscow or a stumble or sold or johannesburg or so paulo, it matters. it matters in terms of the jobs it creates and the types of jobs that it creates. and in fact, it does one other thing. it stimulates the human intellect to salt the necessary challenges that our world currently faces. whether it is harnessing energy from the sun or purifying water from the sea. you see, manufacturing creates more jobs in central areas throughout human life than any of their sector and then and as one other thing. in fact it creates lots of jobs around those jobs. it's a vital sector. it creates a ripple effect throughout the economy. you know, even in 2009 when the manufacturing experience is the sharpest decline to date this sector in the united states still supported 7 million direct manufacturing jobs, 7 million, jobs that then turn supply to extensive supply chain now that some jobs that affect thousands of small and medium enterprises. the multiplier effect according to the analysis and is by far the biggest of any sector has been looked out that for every dolla

when i did, like a singapore, every three weeks or four weeks from the chicago office of the economic development board, promising me not just all the incentives in the world to answer those questions, but few bits of support, including all the compass to have attracted over the last 40 years, case study after case study after case study of wide they have lived by the word, and i'm pretty sure singapore gets it. they understand what it takes to compete for my business. they are proactive. they have addressed regulation. they have addressed taxes. they have addressed energy policy. they have addressed health care. they have got framework. they have got the rules of the road. and, of course, they want to win. so they benchmarked other countries and they show where the country is in everyone of those particular items. and they say, and by the way, in your industry i particularly want that sector. i want advanced workers. i want advanced biotech. i want, and to get that sector i'm going to give you this on top. that's the world out there, folks. it isn't a blank stare. they are winning jo

the current record is held by 280 skaters in singapore. they think they have the bragging rights in the record book. can you imagine that? >> are you a blader or a skater? >> i'm a blader. because i used to ice skate. and you? >> i like going old school. i like the four wheels with the big break on the toe. >> this is "early today." your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> well a group of soldiers got a well-deserved break. they were lynninked by their sacrificed. routine physical therapy gave way with all of them learning to ride the waves. >>> at a regional fork lift competition. they were trying to win the title, best forklift operator. they drove vehicles through best sig zig zag courses. and a group of children in brazil built their way through a world record and a crane. they built the world's tallest tower measuring in at 102 feet 3 inches tall. 6,000 kids helped to build the structure. proving a little team work can go a long way. did you see them putting the last piece on top? . it was cool. >> time for a look at

there's very advanced in singapore they have to recycle every thin with their membrane technology so our subscribers are all looking for this. de sal is not the answer to all of it. where it's wherever. conjunctive use is one of our prime uses is a way we're meeting it, soy have to believe on the membrane which is what you represent in de sal that technology is moving so quick in respect to smart and a insuranced membranes that we're not asking the question that we're asking now with respect to membrane. >> one final piece you talked about the cost of water and that's one element to be considered but not the sole element in incremental water supply element. it goes back to the no silver bullet approach where there's not one single strategy that will work but a come polation of all the tools to help us be flexible and responsive to this changing environment. >> well on that note our time is up and please join me in thanking this excellent panel. and thank s to all of you. >> can can is a research meterologist at the scrips institute of oceanographer at,uc san diego and researcher at i

. >> this one singapore became a trading hub for the chinese currency and that matters a lots when the americans are talking about the debt ceiling because the question going forward is, who is going to buy american government bonds? who is going to buy the dollar going forward? the chinese are trying to divert away from the dollar and that's got big with implications. >> i'll go off topic here and tell you something you don't know about me which is that when i went up to oxford i was told that i was going to be in the new building and i was terrified that i'd be put in some prefab 1960's thing and i called and said, the new buildings? and they said, no, don't worry, the new buildings were built in 1721. it's a different world. chris: when we come back, the big question of the week, what do we yankees do that a brit would never dream of doing? we're going to ask these brits. mary! hey! wo you look great! thanks! it's this new wish yourself thin pgram. i just wish it and it happens. it's probably those fiber one bars you're eating. i know they help me stick to my diet. the bars are 90 c

banking pay because so much of t busess in barclays capital, for example, is in new york and is in singapore, and so much of the spending-- the impact of the spending cuts is in gas gou and manchester. >> rose: why did peter mendellson call you the unacceptable face of banking? >> well, you know i called him and asked him exactly that. i had never met people before that and he also said we did nothing but shuffle papers. to peter mondayleson's credit, i called him-- two kmentss i would make on. one is to give peter credit. i said you dont know enough to have said that and you need to come in and i'll set up a full day's training program and you'll go desk to desk and we came in for four hours and spent the time doing it. with credit to peter he came and and said let me understand more. >> rose: did he change his opinion whether you were the unacceptable face of banking? >> since i'm the only one here, absolutely. i think the other thing, charlie-- it's interesting because i think the peter mendelson thing goes right to the heart of this. the business i'm in, banking, is global. finance is gl

. >> we have almost 2,000 of these tags in singapore, japan, taiwan and korea. >> reporter: and soon, even smaller. think sports trading cards with kobe bryant slam dunking in blazing color. >> we're actually going to imbed the video screen inside the card. >> reporter: kobe himself will talk to you through tiny speakers saying he signed the very card you're holding. >> how cool is that? >> reporter: pretty cool, and available pretty soon, too. sports card giant panini will market them and the industry, like the world of wearable bling, may never be the same. >> develop interesting. so we could have a jewelry, this bling on and our own news cast. we could do walking billboard. >> nbc bling brought to you by jeff ranieri. >> this is the only bling i have. >> put it away, put it away. getting dangerous here. >> no video screen but it is a little shiny. yes. all right. 54 right now outside in france. t if you're suffering from allergies it's been tough for you outside. 61 san jose, 55 in novato, tonight the cloud cover increase, we had this really weak system with us on wednesday, so tha

sands china, i think the stock basically rallies off of this news, as we see continued strength in singapore china, and rebounding in las vegas markets. i think those result in strong earnings growth. and it runs about $60, to $62 a share. >> tom: what about ownership? >> we actually just own las vegas sands. >> tom: but not the other two? >> not the other two. >> tom: it's word on the street, our guest tonight, robert walberg with thestreet.com. >> susie: here's what we're watching for tomorrow: quarterly results from bed, bath and beyond, monsanto, and ruby tuesday. we'll also see what's happening with mortgage applications, and crude oil and gasoline supplies. and hilary kramer is our "street critique" guest. email your questions to "street critique" at nbr.com. >> tom: if you bank or shop online, you may have gotten an email warning your email address has been stolen. texas marketing firm epsilon manages customer email services for many name-brand companies. hackers breached its security and got a hold of email addresses for customers of j.p. morgan chase, barclays bank, target, walgreen

business, whichever-- whether it's retail banking in glasgow, or whether it's investment banking in singapore-- we're looking to balance being responsible with being commercial and competitive. and we want every single person that works for us to be able to operate in the top tier of the people in that job, in that location. >> rose: so you want to be able to hire the best and, therefore, you need to be able to pay them whatever the market demands. >> you got it. and in some of these cases in the u.k., it's creating some friction, particularly in investment banking pay because so much of the business in barclays capital, for example, is in new york and is in singapore, and so much of the spending-- the impact of the spending cuts is in gas gou and manchester. >> rose: why did peter mendellson call you the unacceptable face of banking? >> well, you know i called him and asked him exactly that. i had never met people before that and he also said we did nothing but shuffle papers. to peter mondayleson's credit, i called him-- two kmentss i would make on. one is to give peter credit. i said you d

we went to singapore, the netherlands, belgium a federal court judge then announced that mr. william should be released from prison. [applause] he is currently still in prison because the state has an appeal, but the judge basically said, it will be remanded to the same judge at said the evidence was bogus. the police department basically botched all the evidence. they executed more people in harris county than in many states. the judge says by next year this time, they fully expect him to be home with his family after being locked up for more than 18 years, more than half his life. so even just a small part of this victory on the horizon, that has been a blessing and an honor to be a part of that. i have a friend who is a skinhead -- was a skinhead. he was a white guy who used to beat up black people and gay people in texas. when he was the same age of the guy that got into trouble with the law as well, they used to hang outside of dallas. they would wait on a park bench, send a guy out, and when somebody came out to flirt with him, they would beat him up. that was their wee

ibm has partner with scientist at the institute of bioengineering and nanotechnology in singapore. the hope is that computer technology can find its niche in modern medicine. >> exciting new area for us and allows to us basically leverage the things we have been doing over the last 20 years or so here at ibm and new chemistry synthetic method we developed. >> researchers new talking about pharmaceutical company. next goal is to take the science from the lab the human testing. in san jose, abc 7 news. >> law aimed at helping paralyzed californians faces key vote in sacramento tomorrow. backer of ab 1 any call it roman law after this man from free mochbility he was perilize entered 1994 during a college football game and has become a vocal advocate for spinal research. it adds 3 dollar surcharge of those kibingted of reckless driving in california. would it research help people like reed walk again. >> ab 190 does. without such taxpayer money it's so important. with our scientific know-how do it in california. >>reporter: 650,000 californians suffer from paralysis or other conditions

energy in paris we cross to benjamin so cool he is an assistant professor at the national university of singapore he is also author of the forthcoming book contesting the future of nuclear power a critical global assessment of atomic energy and in austin we have robert bryce he's a senior fellow at the manhattan institute and author of power hungry the myths of green energy and the real fuels of the future all right gentlemen this is cross talk that means you can jump in since is the twenty fifth anniversary of the tragedy at chernobyl let's take a look back. the tongue optional goal in nothing ukraine is destined to stay abandoned its high radiation levels and again infrastructure so the soaring mind of the breasts nuclear plants is all straight in human history since then nuclear technologies have been modernized significantly to survive the accident of the scale the industry was virtually forced to reinvent itself for bridging in view seek to culture nevertheless those who posed the use of nuclear energy will always play the true noble card because the damage caused is hard to forget thirty on

mean i do personally i do not believe that the sanctions at this moment will have a positive impact in singapore. but of course it's not just europe involved in all this the u.s. being welcoming the arab revolt spread out fears that iran is getting behind syria what could all this mean for israel. well of course syria and iran have been allies for a long and that i mean it's pretty obvious that if they get into trouble in the masters they're going to look for support elsewhere and they're not and this is really troublesome from israel of course it is i mean but not as the u.s. for example would say because it would i mean this is going to put the whole. policy of israel within the middle east and the jeopardy let's not forget. that sue for they have been supported by all these. big the total regimes in egypt all over the place. in the long run and industry first but in the short run this is good for israel nobody's paying attention to the fact that the occupation that these settlements will be are going on on the same page that the repression of the palestine people is keeps going on in the long

energy in paris we cross to benjamin so cool he is an assistant professor at the national university of singapore he is also author of the forthcoming book contesting the future of nuclear power a critical global assessment of atomic energy and in austin we have robert bryce he's a senior fellow at the manhattan institute and author of power hungry the myths of green energy and the real fuels of the future all right gentlemen this is cross talk that means you can jump in since is the twenty fifth anniversary verse three of the tragedy at chernobyl let's take a look back. the tongue optional goal in nothing ukraine is destined to stay abandoned it's high radiation levels and again infrastructure so this is a reminder of the worst nuclear plant is in human history since then nuclear technologies have been modernized significantly to survive the accidents of the scale the industry was virtually forced to invent itself bridging industry to culture nevertheless those who posed use of nuclear energy will always play the tribal card because the damage caused is hard to forget. thirty one people were kil

places like new york singapore is a city stay summer conducting their own economic strategies with mayors and ministers the provinces of european countries who travel on their own diplomatic mission to raise money from there of sovereign wealth funds to gain investment into their city. not on behalf of the country or berlin or paris but on behalf of their region. every single chinese province and indian state has its own trade promotion offices to build up their state and city. the impact that will have and the trend but everyone having their own foreign policy will have a very, very significant impact on what constitutes authority, who can negotiate and who was at the table and part of the decision making and the solution. the only way to rightly understand who has power is in the geographic specific sense, the united states is the largest military in the world and outspend anybody else. we could say by any allocation we will not be unrivaled until the year xyz they will not match us until 20 years from now. how useful is that? to tell you anything about influence in the real world in af

energy in paris we cross to benjamin so vocal he's an assistant professor at the national university of singapore he's also author of the forthcoming book contesting the future of nuclear power a critical global assessment of atomic energy and in austin we have robert bryce he's a senior fellow at the manhattan institute and author of power hungry the myth of green energy and the real fuels of the future all right gentlemen this is cross talk that means you can jump in since is the twenty fifth anniversary of the tragedy of chernobyl let's take a look back. at the telephone number and nothing ukraine is destined to stay abandoned its high radiation levels and decaying infrastructure so the so reminded of the arrests nuclear plant disaster and human history since then nuclear technologies have been modernized significantly to survive the accident of the scale the industry was virtually forced to reinvent itself so braiding and his safety culture nevertheless those who opposed the case of her great adventure will always play bitter noble cards because the damage caused it's hard to forget. thirty o

in paris we crossed to benjamin so cool he is an assistant professor at the national university of singapore he's also author of the forthcoming book contesting the future of nuclear power a critical global assessment of atomic energy and in austin we have robert bryce he's a senior fellow at the manhattan institute and author of power hungry the myth of green energy and the real fuels of the future all right gentlemen this is cross talk that means you can jump in so this is the twenty fifth anniversary of the tragedy of chernobyl let's take a look back. at the telegraph the noble enough and your crane is destined to stay abandoned it's high radiation levels and decaying infrastructure so this is a reminder of the west's nuclear plant as a human history since then new critical issues have been modernized significantly to survive the accident of this scale the industry was virtually forced to reinvent itself so brazing and your safety culture are the less those coco's think use of nuclear energy well it always played a trick on both cards because the damage caused is hard to forget. thirty on

energy in paris we cross to benjamin so cool he is an assistant professor at the national university of singapore he's also author of the forthcoming book contesting the future of nuclear power a critical global assessment of atomic energy and in austin we have robert bryce he's a senior fellow at the manhattan institute and author of power hungry the mists of green energy and the real fuels of the future all right gentlemen this is cross talk that means you can jump in so this is a twenty fifth anniversary of the tragedy of chernobyl let's take a look back. the tongue action noble enough and ukraine is destined to stay abandoned it's high radiation levels and again infrastructure so this is a reminder of the gross nuclear plants is in human history since then nuclear technologies have been modernized significantly to survive the accident of the scale the industry was virtually forced to reinvent itself for bridging industries to culture nevertheless those who oppose the use of nuclear energy will always play the tribal card because the damage caused is hard to forget thirty one people were kille

energy in paris we cross to benjamin so cool he is an assistant professor at the national university of singapore he is also author of the forthcoming book contesting the future of nuclear power a critical global assessment of atomic energy and in austin we have robert bryce he's a senior fellow at the manhattan institute and author of power hungry the mists of green energy and the real fuels of the future all right gentlemen this is cross talk that means you can jump in since is the twenty fifth anniversary of the tragedy of chernobyl let's take a look back. the tunnel should not go in nothing ukraine is destined to stay abandoned it's high radiation levels and decaying infrastructure so this is a reminder of the gross nuclear plants is a state in human history since then nuclear technologies have been modernized significantly to survive the accident of the scale the industry was virtually forced to reinvent itself for breeding and you see the culture of the less those who pose the use of nuclear energy will always play the chernobyl carnage because the damage caused is hard to get thirty one pe

energy in paris we cross to benjamin so vocal he is an assistant professor at the national university of singapore he's also author of the forthcoming book contesting the future of nuclear power a critical global assessment of atomic energy and in austin we have robert bryce he's a senior fellow at the manhattan institute and author of power hungry the myths of green energy and the real fuels of the future all right gentlemen this is cross talk that means you can jump in so this is a twenty fifth anniversary of the tragedy of chernobyl let's take a look back. at the telephone over and nothing ukraine is destined to stay abandoned its high radiation levels and again infrastructure so the same reminder of the west's nuclear plant is taking human history since then new political issues have been modernized significantly to survive the accident of the scale the industry was virtually forced to reinvent itself so brazing envy a safety culture nevertheless those coco's think use of nuclear energy well always play the trouble card because the damage caused is hard to forget. thirty one people were killed

japan, singapore, canada, u.s. of course came up and would speak to me. they were all very excited. little chilly but said they wouldn't have had it any other way. they are all very, very glad to be a part of this historic event and now the big piece of the history that they are waiting to see is the royal couple who will descend out on the balcony. >> big moment still ahead. thanks so much. >>> time now is 5:14. in just about seven and a half hours from now the sis shuttle endeavor will make its final flight into space. arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be on hand to watch the shuttle take off. she is not going to be in the crowd. she instead will watch from a private viewing area. >>> you can see the launch during a special edition an expanded edition at noon. the schedule -- the shuttle is scheduled to lift off at 12:45. >>> the chronicle reports it's facing retaliation from the white house. ktvu alison burns live in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the video that is at the center of the controversy. allison. >> reporter: dave, the riff between the chronical and the

navy is working with a number of regional countries to establish a fusion center in singapore, and nato where the global talks are part of a new program where they direct the operation of the global talks with the participating countries all get unlimited access to the downlinks. so that at least from the uav perspective is what some of the other countries are doing. .. >> it's a much -- some transfers of uav's are going to be consistent with some nonproliferation policy, and in particularly in the case of isr-type uavs which have so many benefits as outlined in our panel this morning and in this panel, and don't pose any credible threat of wmd delivery. yes, if some of our even unfriendly states were to acquire these isr-type capabilities, we wouldn't welcome it, but still nevertheless the net benefit would probably be to our advantage on this because if the russians or the chinese were to have an increased isr capabilities, you know, that's not perhaps the end of the world for the united states. what is clear is we're not going to be able to afford as much isr-type uav's as we want. t

>> averkios: from switzerland, of course, from sweden, finland, spain, portugal, singapore, australia, and texas... >> simon: texas? how did you like texas? >> averkios: i liked very much. i liked, mostly, the people. >> simon: now, with all the traveling you've done, how did you end up here? >> averkios: i was searching for a way of life i can give all of myself to that. and i think the god of jesus is above all the others: money, lifestyle, even family. >> simon: the family at simonos petras consists of 54 monks from eight countries. father iakavos came here 25 years ago from winthrop, massachusetts. this is about as beautiful as it gets. >> iakovos: i think so. >> simon: he took us on a tour of the monastery. it would be tough enough to build a monastery on top of a rock today, but how did they do it in the 13th century? >> iakovos: you know, that's something which even modern-day architects are amazed at, when the workers came and saw the site where st. simon, the founder of our monastery, wanted to build, they looked at him and the said... >> simon: are you crazy? >> iakovos: are

this is a singapore-based company that has opened maintenance facilities in the united states. >> o'brien: since 2002, st has been doing a lot of maintenance here in mobile for major airlines like united, delta and u.s. airways, carriers that used to do almost all of their maintenance in-house. st would not allow us to visit or grant an interview, but we talked to many st workers, from line mechanics to supervisors. here at papa buddha's, a bar in mobile, we heard a lot about long hours, hard working conditions, and the pressure mechanics were under to "move the planes." a few agreed to talk, but only if we would protect their identities. >> to be honest, if you have one inspector... >> o'brien: one-- we'll call him "john"-- worked at a major airline for many years before joining st. what were your marching orders when you were inside st? >> it was typically "push." i mean, you know, you were given x amount of time to accomplish a task. and they wanted to keep moving forward faster and faster, you know. "whatever it takes to get it done, get it done." >> o'brien: though st wouldn't let us

singapore was the fastest growing economy on the planet with 15% growth in gdp. i mean, that is really mind boggling for a country that is really close to western standard. in fact, about western standards of living on a per capita income basis, we shouldn't expect to see those levels of economic growth if we believe what you just said. i don't think it's that at all. the reason i wrote the book is because i really believe that perhaps a lot of americans don't understand what the problems are in the economy, and you see a lot on television and the press about big deficits and massive debts, but i don't think as a practical initiative people understand this is a fight for the soul of america, and not only for mcewen america, but for the world. there's going to be 9 billion people on the planet in 2050. we need to get it right. we need america to help solve some of the big problems around resources and lack of water and land and issues around energy that, the united states is great at solving these types of problems, but you can't rely on the u.s. if you don't have

. >> guest: when you look at the living standards of chinese people living in singapore versus chinese people living in china or in taiwan versus chinese people living in china, the zenas exchange one time between milton and the critic and she was defending the swedish socialist model said there is no poverty in sweden and they said we don't have any poor swedes here either. in fact the swedish americans are well above average income i think that there are two ways of looking at human beings. you can look to them as a cost or as a resource. some people see of the ligon indians and say that is a billion mouths to feed or some say here's a billion potentially creative productive human beings who have a chance to be able to do that. and you can't bring them all here. there is a guy in the newspaper with a financial crisis hit in 2008 he wrote a wonderful piece and said i can solve this problem for you. we've got plenty of people coming and we will buy your supply houses and keep them in good repair. we are not going to steal your job weevils start our own businesses. the mortgage default

other hats i wear at stanford is teaching innovation in a global context in other countries, india, singapore. now, what i've seen is those countries cannot only create products just as good as ours but they do and have done so thinking about costs in a different society. so if we want to remain globally competitive it's not creating value for our own citizens but we're -- med tech is one of the biggest exporters outside of the u.s. we will fast become an importer if we don't try to figure out ways to reduce the barriers for innovators, entrepreneurs, small companies to be able to survive a tough funding environment. it's just not feasible to expect millions and millions of dollars to be raised to prove something that everyone can agree is intuitively potentially obvious but how can we come to some

singapore last year was the fastest-growing economy on the planet. it had about 15% of growth in gdp growth and that is really mind-boggling for a country that is really close to western standards in fact about the western standards on the part capita income basis we shouldn't expect to see those levels of economic growth or the great economic growth if we believe what you just said so i don't think it's that at all. the reason i wrote my book is because i really believe that perhaps a lot of americans don't really understand what the problems are in the economy. you see a lot of them on television and the press about the deficits and massive debt but i don't think it is a practical initiative people understand that this is a fight for the soul of america and not only for america but for the world. there will be 9 billion people on the planet into thousand 50. we absolutely need to get the right and we need america to help solve some of the big problems are not resources and the lack of water and land and issues are not energy the united states is gr

. >> to look at the living standards of the chinese people living in singapore versus the chinese people living in china or the chinese people living in taiwan versus the chinese people living in taiwan. she said there is no poverty and sweet and he said we don't have any poor swedes are there. in fact m swedish americans are well above average income in well above swedish income. there are two ways of looking at human beings. you can look at them as a costa rican look at them as a resource. some people say at billion and it's an say that is a billion mouth to feed and other people say here is a billion potentially creative and productive human beings. in a chance to do that. you can't bring them all here. all the ones we have brought here we have had really good luck with. when the financial crisis hit in 2008 there was a wonderful piece. i can solve the problem for you. just import 1 million indians. we have plenty of people when we will pray up -- might buy a pair sub-prime houses. are not going to steal your jobs and start your own business is. in the markers default rate in india is

there are others, australia, japan, singapore, south korea, an indian. but these countries are important. and most of the problems we face our problems we cannot face with ourselves. we cannot deal with the proliferation of mass destruction, or piracy come with a drug problem, or strap -- or the slave trade. any number of things that require coalition. i am a believer that the commission determines the coalition and then not not to determine the mission. but having these countries together in nato is potentially very useful. when the united states is providing strong leadership and giving them time to adjust and think about it and determine the extent to which they may or may not want to protest a paid in a coalition to do something, -- to participate in a coalition to do something, then nato has done very well. and when we have been in a hurry and not providing good leadership, there have been problems. the coalition with respect to libya, go back to the global war on terror. president bush and:. >>: power put together a coalition of 90 countries. in af

there are many others, obviously, australia, japan, singapore, south korea, and the like. but these countries are important. most problems we face our problems we cannot handle by ourselves. we cannot deal with nuclear proliferation, the drug problem -- any number of things that require coalitions. i am a believer that the coalition of not to determine the mission. but these countries together in a new is potentially very useful. when the united states provide strong leadership and give those countries time to adjust and think about it and determine the extent to which the mayor may not want to participate in the coalition to do something, then nato has functioned quite well. to the extent that we have been in a hurry and have not provided leadership, there have been problems. i have been struck by all this talk about solutions in regards to libya. if you go back to president bush and general colin powell who put a coalition together over afghanistan, the proliferation coalition had 90 countries. i think that president bush was called the unilateralist. they identified tha

the same thing, guam, singapore, diego, garcia coming and if i have those places i can get large stuffed into and then have the theater response whether that is the joint high-speed vessel or the c-17 or the 130 or even as we look at the hybrid is a shift if we can get to the point we can get that stuff to the major ports by surface and have the option for the theater commanders out there depending on the nature we will have gone a long way. that's the part i'm looking at now because that is the big dollar savings and it's also very, very fast. that includes not only the prepossession in but what are we prepossession on the land so you can imagine giving the options to the commanders out there and i think that would be very useful to them so those are the things i'm looking at and really asking all of them where do you want to look at those locations and let's work those now. the investments in places like diego garcia, light souda bay have paid big dividends and we are finding that the power of that has actually increased the velocity into the war fighter because oftentimes in those sma

the second big savings, a country like singapore the promoted the internet response as a cost-saving measure. you are given something in the mail that says to it on line. you're given the option to do it by telephone in an automated manner. and through mail and then -- said you get to the most expensive lawyers last, and that is another way of really driving cost and the right direction. >> okay. maybe one more if i could, for you, mr. castro. help us understand how the -- and you spoke in your testimony about cloud computing. want to come back and focus. help us understand how the census can use cloud computing and what specific applications you see the census confecting? at think you mentioned that the needs of technology for computer technologies goes up and down. variable over the life of the census. the census bureau seems to be an ideal candidate for the sort of thing. help us a little bit understand better how the census can use computing? what specific applications do you see that the census contract in first? >> sure. so in 2000 -- i guess 2007i did a model looking at the nu

singapore last year was the fastest-growing economy on the planet. had about 15 percent gdp growth. that is really mind-boggling to

there are many others, obviously, australia, japan, singapore, south korea, and the like. but these countries are important. most problems we face our problems we cannot handle by ourselves. we cannot deal with nuclear proliferation, the drug problem, piracy, the slave trade -- any number of things that require coalitions. i am a believer that the coalition of not to determine the mission. -- the mission and determines the coalition, and that the coalition of not to determine the mission. but these countries together in a new is potentially very useful. when the united states provide strong leadership and give those countries time to adjust and think about it and determine the extent to which the mayor may -- to which they may or may not want to participate in the coalition to do something, then nato has functioned quite well. to the extent that we have been in a hurry and have not provided leadership, there have been problems. i have been struck by all this talk about solutions in regards -- about coalitions in respect to libya. to libya. if you go back to president bush

one-third of americans are not online. 67% compares to 90% in singapore and south korea. we need to pursue a set of strategies to increase broadband adoption in the u.s., but the thing that we realized, as your question pointed out, once we move to full e-government, it will save a tremendous amount of money for taxpayers and ron government more efficiently. the problem is, until we do that, the government has to run two infrastructures. until the government serves all of its citizens, and until we get all citizens online, we have to do paper and electronic. it is crazy. it is why taking real measures has a double payoff. >> 20% to not have access to broadband at all. >> a little less. >> what percentage? >> it is under 10%. 25 million people live in areas there have no broadband infrastructure at all. >> what are you doing about that? >> all of these topics that under the heading universal service. we did a good job in the 20th- century doing universal service for telephone service. the problem is, our universal service programs are still telephone programs. they have al

. >> reporter: in singapore they bought out bagpipes and drums. in southern france the wedding watchers were sneering. but in hong kong, people were all smiles. from the top of the world in the arctic to out of this world onboard the international space station, people were spinning, delighted with the sights and sounds of a prince and his new princess. you should know that the online traffic about this wedding was outrageously popular. we have word that traffic on the web with 5.4 million page views per second yesterday. per second. >> my goodness. >> not just online, too. traditional media had a field day with this. >> look at this. when you look at the pictures, this tells a story. think what you want to put in your book of memories. full-page. >> stuff like that. >> papers will sell a lot. old school in some lines. you can go online. but this is a picture you want. the coffee table. >> brilliant picture supplement. taking these home. >> fantastic. >> when we go home in the airport we will find these as well. >> exactly. these are the pictures

we would like to continue to assess the swaps market for the singapore for the reasons we have use them effectively four years. on behalf of almost half a million current and former employees, public employees of colorado pera, i ask that you at all those involved in this process consider our concerns. i owe it to all of our colorado pera members and to that particular teacher i told you about, to advocate on this issue. that little boy who was afraid to speak, who is not so little anymore, i see everyday. and he is my reminder to speak on issues that matter to the investors that are our members. take you for your time. >> thank you, ms. paquette. we will start off with a few questions. thank you for your testimony. i will remind my colleagues that we will keep the record open for statements, questions and any other material you would like to submit. as we begin questioning the witnesses, i will put five minutes on the clock for each members questions. mr. olesky, how would the proposed cftc rule on swap execution facilities require request for quotes impact market liquidity in potentia

distinguished 30-year career as a diplomat, serving in posts around the world, including the former rhodesia, singapore, washington, and she was also part of the european commission. she has held her current position since may of 2010. with that, i invite the minister to come to the podium. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. thank you very much for that kind introduction. as was just noted, i spent time in my past in washington. and i cannot say what a pleasure it is to come back. i think that anybody who has spent time here seldom goes away feeling that they will ever entirely take off the of the lure of this town. it it is good to be here. and somebody who has had some experience in this subject, and i understand that the administration is actively pursuing a strategy in this policy area. i hope i can shed some light on the u.k. experience. i shall be talking to the point of view of the u.k. experience and everything we have done and everything we have experienced that is necessarily relevant to the american context. i think they're probably some problems, some common problems and solutions that w

one-third of americans are not online. 67% compares to 90% in singapore and south korea. we need to pursue a set of strategies to increase broadband adoption in the u.s., but the thing that we realized, as your question pointed out, once we move to full e-government, it will save a tremendous amount of money for taxpayers and ron government more efficiently. the problem is, until we do that, the government has to run two infrastructures. until the government serves all of its citizens, and until we get all citizens online, we have to do paper and electronic. it is crazy. it is why taking real measures has a double payoff. >> 20% to not have access to broadband at all. >> a little less. >> what percentage? >> it is under 10%. 25 million people live in areas there have no broadband infrastructure at all. >> what are you doing about that? >> all of these topics that under the heading universal service. we did a good job in the 20th- century doing universal service for telephone service. the problem is, our universal service programs are still telephone programs. they have al

congress indicates that there are still a tremendous amount of ships being repaired in hong kong or singapore. so what more can be done to comply with congressional -- congressional intent? could you answer that for me? >> yes, ma'am. one of the things that military sea lift command, not wanted to take care of our ships, they also take care of the navy fleet. and the ships that they have forward, for instance, in the pacific are primarily under the chief of naval operations and support of the navy. the ships that they take care of it for me our the large medium speed shifts that we would activate if we can't get the commercial lived to be able to do that. and right now we haven't had to be activating ships, these lordships because the commercial capability has been there. i know that they are committed to using guam. i know admiral busby, the msc commander, and i believe has talk to you and go through this with you and had to do with the dry dock i think in guam. so whatever we can do to get that dry-docked up because right now that is the constraint as i understand, the biggest constraint. w

critical investments that are the foundation of economic growth in any and every country, whether you are singapore, whether you are china or any of the european countries, france or britain, the united kingdom or the united states, there are fundamental investments that the society has to make and many of these investments are made through the general public's government and let me just turn to those investments. this is part of our make it in america agenda. the democratic agenda of rebuilding the great american manufacturing base. if america is going to make it, we must make it in america. we have to rebuild the manufacturing base of america. we can do it. we can do it. but it's going to take critical investments. i want to just point them out here as we go through this and then compare these to the republican proposal, the budget proposal we're going to be voting on. the first one is trade. now, the republican proposal doesn't deal with trade and goods because they're not going to do any more harm to it. but this is fair trade policy. this is a policy of trade where we do not give away our manu

you can leave now out of any point in asia, hong kong, shanghai, you name it, singapore, and you can pick up, at least for us, two to two and a half hours later and fly into the hubs all around the world so you can fly out and two and a half hours later the customers are sitting there manufacturing, and no fuel pit stop or a payload constraint. these plaps are fantastic for us, better fuel efficiency and placing the 711's and triple motors and high cost, so you can see how that all helps, and another thing that helps, and i want this point in there and we've met with the administration several times and actually they passed it last year. the accelerated depreciation on the assets helps your cash flow to reinvest in new technology, keep the jobs going and push that agenda for because it's a sleeve off the government quite frankly and you'll see more technology and new technology and keep pushing into the new areas to help the customers at the end of the day and helps the companies so there's a win-win here, and it's a win for the administration. >> just one comment from a business avi