[ inaudible ]. Well, right now from my perspective, my bigticket item is that those items need to be in the budget and funded. Ill let the professionals here from the office of secretary of defense and Congress Really work on the noodle on how we need to work that perhaps more holistically in terms of what you just said. That piece of being able to follow the money as you know is very important, to whether its one bin, or one that we pay bins that we pay close attention to, associated with things, because when you work at the ssbn or icbm, is one Mission Associated with things and then you have to have that dialogue of how do you do those things that have dual capabilities. And weighs in that bin, all the way as i talked about before, from outer space to under the water. Sir . Peter sharpman, merrick corporation. The doctrine distinguished between intelligence gathering which we tried to prevent, but not deter, and outright attack, which we visibly and vocally deterred. In the realm of
With the law. This is just under 90 minutes. Get started again, if you could please take your seats. Good morning, again. I am associate general counsel in the office of general counsel for the smithsonian. I just celebrated my 29 anniversary with the smithsonian, so i like to say sometimes that i was there at the creation of nmai. The last panel was a walk down memory lane because i intended that 1987 hearing where secretary adams was asked by senator inouye was asked about the remains and was able to participate in many of the discussions that led to the creation of the museum. But more about that in a minute. Let me also say that the issues of repatriation of which ive dealt with many of them over my almost 30 years have provided me with some of the most interesting and rewarding work of my career. I think for those of you who are here and are able to hear about this process that has gone on for 25 plus years, i am sure that you share that view that these issues are so interesting.
And thats an understandable perspective if youre looking ahead sixth months. This is not the time to drop the strategic agenda. We should be thinking about what will happen when we come out of the cycle. Right now with things like low Interest Rates a light jpgs competitive advantage, this is the critical time to act. There are a lot of suggestions in the book, probably hundreds of them but i pulled ten that are still relevant right now that i think we ought to think about. We had to take care of business at home before we take care abroad. But there are five steps domestically that remain important. The first is investing in infrastructure. This is really the time as were building our economy where were investing in a smarter grid, or a safer grid, but also building out the Energy Transportation system for the country. We have great production and its not close to the command centers. We need a system of pipelines to move product to the southeast move oil east to west. And along with
And john adams and their son and his wife. This is from an event marking john and Abigail Adams wedding anniversary. The program was cohosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Abigail Adams historical society. I will start by introducing our our first speaker. Bullock is the author of revolutionary brotherhood freemasonry, and also the author of american revolution. In addition to being a fulbright scholar in japan, he has also served at many venues, including on Good Morning America and all things considered. Sarah mann 10 will be presenting a paper in tandem. Sarah martin will be presenting a paper in tandem. She has a doctorate of the university of melbourne and has specialized training in editing from Arizona State university, and neil was up until recently a editor at the adams papers and holds a doctorate in history from university of South Carolina and earned a masters degree in public history from North Carolina state. So i want to welcome steve, our first speaker
Ours. Tours. He has published the postwar relationship between mosby and ulysses s. Grant. Mr. Guest ishe is the past commander of the black wars can 780 sons of the confederate veterans and logic county. He has a professional background in public relations, sales, and marketing. He holds undergraduate degrees in english from bella rim university, and a masters of science degree in Community Development from the university of louisville. He is a u. S. Army veteran and lives in warrenton virginia. Lets give a hand for dave guest. [applause] thank you. It is a joy to be back here. It is a joy to see these faces. I am so happy so many of you came out tonight. I am grateful. Im going to do a little bit of saturday night live. This is my third visit here. I have been here 12 times. One of your members here was kind enough to bring me the Washington Post 2014 election results, which proves hell is not being a republican in virginia anymore despite what except fairfax county. I am just parrot