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Very much. Thank you. Guest good morning, ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. Were about to start. Good morning, again. Im Madeline Harrison and its my pleasure to welcome you to miami book fair, the 2017 edition. And what a wonderful week it has been and its not even over. I hope youre enjoying all of the presentations, the enga engagement of the hustle and bustle of the book fair and the street fair in particular. And i would like to give a special with em to those fair goers who are from out of town. Can i see a show of hands for out of town visitors . Welcome to miami. [applaus [applause] as many of you know, this fair would not be possible without the collaboration of of hundreds of volunteers, corporate and community sponsors, such as ohl and many, many, many others and i might add, without the convening of miamidade college, which is a founder and true presenter of miami book fair. Lets give a round of applause ....
Members of congress, distinguished guests colleagues from the department of defense, past and present. Members of the Vietnam Commemoration Advisory Committee the, thank you for being here today. Thank you to the organizers an commemorative partners of this important event and thousands like it across the country and the entire vietnam commemoration effort. Most importantly, thank you to the vietnam era veterans and their families who join us. You honor us with your presence. In a year of anniversaries for this years marks the 150th anniversary of the end of our civil war, the 70th anniversary of the end ever world war ii, the 65th anniversary of the start of korean war, today we gather to remember the vietnam war and to honor those who served in it. We remember the 50th anniversary of president johnsons executive order establishing the Vietnam Service< ....