When Jane Wales asked me if I would give one speech that grew into two speeches, and then if I would chair this Conference, I thought I was doing her a big a favor. But after listening and participating with you I think that she did me a favor. I really enjoyed this.
International affairs have to be local too.
I think the presentations on issues like the environment, inequity, and the state of California are really important in terms of building long run support for a coherent and progressive foreign policy- which I think we all want. The United States had decided it had to reach out to this new continent, and so USIS gave hundreds of scholarships to African students to come to the United States. They also had a number of professors there who gave lectures on America. On this boat, these African students, who were for the first time out of Africa, asked questions mostly about California, and these Professors were trying to answer them. I remember one student asked what distinguishes a Californian from other Americans.