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Of all of the people, places, and things you love most in our world. Close your eyes for a minute. What is it that you most love in this world . Imagine that all of that could be destroyed by Nuclear Weapons. Thats why we are here to make sure that that never happens. So its my honor its my privilege to introduce our honored guests. Our first is Clifton Truman daniel. Would you like to come up . [ applause ] he is the grandson of harry truman, the only person to order the deployment of Nuclear Weapons on a civilian population in the time of war. Is here because he is dedicated to see they will...

The Prime Minister. The remarkable thing about that award is that tony blair got it from someone who used to work for gordon brown. So, obviously, the person who gave the award knows about peacemaking and peacekeeping, but i think it is not for me to get involved. Jack dromey. In 2010, the Prime Minister promised to protect the front line, yet with the Biggest Police cuts in europe, our Police Service is facing the loss of 30,000 officers, more than half of them from the front line, which is threatening, in the words of the association of chief police officers, their ability to perform their s...

Her. A light anything but ordinary. She endured harassment and physical threats. Despite all that, she registered to vote. And for that, she lost her job. Then she helped others register to vote. And for that, she was arrested, and severely beaten to death on the jailhouse cell floor. By cheap but she pressed on. She became one of the founders, one of the leaders of the mississippi freedom democratic party. [cheering] they came to the Democratic Convention in 1964 to protest the disenfranchisement of African Americans and the absence of any blacks in the mississippi delegation. There before mi...

Country, delicate and strangely made proud yet thrusting perpetually under siege. Your arm struggles for profits have lest currents of debris upon my breast. Yet today i call you to my riverside if you will study war no more. Come clad in peace, and i will sing the songs the creator gave to me when i, and the tree and the rock were one. Before cynicism was a bloody sear across your brow, and when you yet new you still new nothing. The river sang and sings on. There is a true yearning to respond to the Singing River and the wise rock. So say the asian hispanic, jew, African Native american siou...

Grandfather and your mother. Your mother while your grandfather was in the whitehouse, would occasionally perform publically and on one particular occasion she is an incredible vocalist to clarify. I am sorry. Right. Thank you, margaret. He was in key west. She was saying a review was written that your grandfather didnt like. That is right. She was singing at constitutional hall in the 1950s and the review was written by paul hume of the washington post. He said unkind things about my mothers singing ability. Quite a few things. My grandfather read that the next morning. The korean war i dont ...