Earlier this evening, attended Governor’s Reception with Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire. I first met her at the Korea-US pacific states Joint conference where she was the co-chair and i was on the US advisory committee for the wireless and multimedia conference last year. Gov. Gregoire is passionate about international trade and you can feel the energy in the room while she was speaking. Very impressive. She understand globalization and the new rules of the game. What was striking was her vision to look beyond short-term to 40-50 years down the road so one can lay the foundation of solid educational system and economic vitality. It was her 8th event of the day with one more to go and yet she spoke as if it was her first.