America is respected again in the world and looked to for leadership something that happened to me a few years ago reflects some of this it was back in 1981 and I was attending my first big economic Summit which was held that year in Canada the meeting place rotates among the member countries the opening meeting was a formal dinner for the heads of government of the seven industrialized nations well I sat there like the new kid in school and listened and it was all franois this and hell with that they dropped titles and spoke to one another on a firstname basis well at one point I sort of leaned in and said my name's Ron