We are not just going to sit back and let America to go down this ramp of immorality alone, ... We can change America on our watch together.

I want to restore America to its moral compass,

We Have Got To Bring Corporate America To Its Knees.

I worked with China before America even recognized it. It's important to build resources with China, and Purdue offers a good certificate program for the students who want to come to America to learn.

[The panel also turned to the question of decentralization, which has been on the minds of corporate America at least since September 11, 2001, gaining new currency in the wake of this year's hurricanes.] Usually you hear of call centers and back offices and so forth being dispersed, but some core assets can be if you think it through, ... But the main thing in any corporate real estate is to figure out how to add measurable value. It simplifies things a bit, but at GE, if you can't measure it, don't do it.

America is not like a blanket-one piece of unbroken cloth, the same color, the same texture, the same size. America is more like a quilt-many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven and held together by a common thread.