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Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Statesmen’s Forum: Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan Moderator: John J. Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS Speakers: Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan; Michael Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS Location: Center for Strategic and International Studies 1800 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 Time: 4:00 p.m. EST Date: Friday, February 22, 2013 Transcript by Federal News Service Washington, D.C. JOHN HAMRE: (In progress) – for coming. I’m delighted to have you here. My name is John Hamre. I’m the president at CSIS. You know, I just have to share with you just this little story. You know, the more important you are in Washington, the worse you’re treated when you come to a building. You know, any one of you was invited to come in – there were six elevators; you could take any one you wanted. But if you’re the – if you’re the prime minister of Japan, you have to come on the trash elevator, you know? (Laughter.) You know, and we make you come down to a reserve room which is junky and – you know, and we make you walk through the kind of the catering kitchen. It’s just terrible. But that’s what it means when you’re important, you know? It’s called security, OK, you know? (Laughter.) But anyway, we’re delighted to have the prime minister here. This is – this is an excitin