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The transcription process for this event that has received a lot of attention in the media as well as my attention in entries below was complicated by the fact that the New America Foundation (in which I have a fairly substantial role) has unbelievably low quality recording and taping equipment. Thus, we were unable to send this out for standard transcribing.

At long last, our team -- including Jennifer Buntman, Jerry Irvine, Swati Pandey, Joanna Lederman, Robynn Sturm, Katie Willers, and yours truly -- have finished this monster.

The transcript of the presentations was already posted below, but here it is again. And the Q&A of transcripts is available now here.

If you would like to watch the broadcast over the web, click here.

David Sanger, another attendee at the lunch, wrote this in the New York Times today -- again referencing Scowcroft's cautionary comments.

-- Steve Clemons

Reader Comments (5) - post a comment

Posted by bakho Jan 10, 9:11PM - Link

Great job Steve. The one party government in Washington has left a vacuum that creative minds like yours can help fill. The press obviously jumped on this opportunity to promote some new voices so clearly you are meeting an unmet need. Your conference has started a true dialog, an interruption of the partisan hyperbole. Who, what and when is round two? Keep the momentum going. Our country needs a forum for just this kind of dialog.

Posted by Darci Jan 11, 7:40AM - Link

I'm with Bakho. Great work Steve. Your efforts are clearing generating attention and consequences!
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Posted by Max Jan 11, 11:47AM - Link

I'll echo Bakho and Darci. Perhaps the press is ready to shake off its somnolence. It's just wonderfully refreshing to hear reasonable, lucid experts allowed to expand on their ideas past the sound-bite.

You're doing important work, Steve, for which we're grateful.

Posted by ddh Jan 11, 5:59PM - Link

Has anyone else noticed a bad sound transmission of this quicktime movie?

Posted by Steve Clemons Jan 12, 10:54AM - Link

ddh -- the sound for the audio transmission is really, really lousy -- and I know it. We are going to take steps at the New America Foundation to try and improve (drastically) the quality of recordings, etc. sorry that what we have up on the site is the best I can offer right now. I really didn't know how bad the sound was until I had to make a trancription of the meeting. Best,
Steve Clemons