Good morning, my name is nancy limborg. I am the president and ceo here at the u. S. Institute of peace im delighted to welcome you here for a very important conversation to prevent violence in a fragile world. Our speakers here today i want to extend a special welcome to mark green we are honored to have them here today and a very warm welcome to secretary Madeleine Albright whos been a fierce champion of ours for years and many thanks to the National Endowment for democracy who made todays event possible with their generous support and our good friends and partners in the george w. Bush institute. Its wonderful to have them cohost the event with us today. Usip was founded thirtyfive years ago by congress nonpartisan National Institute dedicated to the notion that peace is very practical and very possible. We firmly believe todays complex Foreign Policy challenges require the best thinking and partnership across the aisle. Last Year Congress asked usip host a bipartisan congressionall
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Frame of mind. How his jedi imagine sick blowing minds. No, no, that is ma crazy as a tourist you have a choice. You can go where everyone else goes or go off the beaten path. You cant get much further than off the beaten path than this, welcome to antarctica. Hey, when are we going . As soon as humanly possible. Its not as hard as you think. They do cruises and they loaded into some smaller boats zodiacs to go exploring in the ice floe and why wouldnt you. Look at it. Its beautiful. As fun as this is and beautiful theyre in a pickle because the problem with ice floes is the ice flows. Its like going into the middle of a moving maze. Oh, i hadnt even thought about that, but youre right. What do you do . Youll see here. You get a look. Its one of those zodiacs loaded up with tourists. They are inflatable so its not like you can break through the ice. Everyones just sort of trusting in the guy. Well, that way doesnt quite work and this way doesnt quite work. They have to be prepared for