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Bess trumans letters to harry truman. As of last month, clifton is the board secretary for the Harry S Truman scholarship foundation. This is a role that has been vacant since the 1990s since his mother retired from our board. Clifton thank you for joining , our board and thank you for being here today. [applause] mr. Truman thank you, ladies and gentlemen. I am honored to be here. I am honored to serve on the board. I have to tell you a little bit stunned. Was 19 years old i was with my mother in independence when the first truman scholarships were awarded in 1977. I was in college and i was involved being in that group. As my mother told me i should be. [laughter] clifton,he put it was all these young people are doing a lot better in college then you are. [laughter] it isare interesting some of the things of the panel has been talking about. This is a great way to spend the afternoon. A couple of things weve been talking about i ....
Ms. Albright so, it was much later when i became secretary of state and the question arose as to where to hold a particular ceremony. The event was to mark natos decision to include poland, and my native hungry as nightmares hungary as new members. I cannot think of a more appropriate place than the truman president ial library in independence, missouri, a place devoted to the man whose vision was responsible for nato. As i stood there, i was so help tothat i cannot use an old czechoslovakia expression, hallelujah. [laughter] ms. Albright i was equally excited to hold a ceremony in washington to formally rename this building in honor of president truman. In 2002, i was honored to be asked to serve this foundation. Harry truman was both a remarkable president and a remarkable man who spoke often about the importance of promoting young leaders. He wanted this foundation to be a living memorial, encouraging educated citizenship and political responsibility. For the past 40 years, thanks t ....