about the 2,001 amtracs investigation call and i can tell you having lived through that investigation as a former director of the fbi laboratory that this work is very authoritative. it is very complete, very thorough. i believe that one of my favorite passages in the book occurs toward the middle of the book, and it talks about the dichotomy between the traditional investigative approach and the scientific approach that was being conducted during this investigation into not passage he says in contrast to the spectacles that surrounded the searches of stevan hatfield s apartment in upon, the scientists work continued methodically and quietly. that passage described very well the two approaches to this investigation, and it was the effort of many scientists both in the fbi laboratory in around the country that i believe led to the solution of this investigation, and that solution i believe is captured expertly in the book called mirage man. if i would like for you to help me w
her as secretary of state in florida from 2005 to 2007. interesting twist, she is an alumna at stanford university where secretary rice is a distinguished member of the faculty and former provost, and the university of miami school of law. chuck cobb was the u.s. ambassador to the republic of iceland during the administration of george h.w. bush, and during the reagan administering he served as undersecretary and assistant secretary of the u.s. department of commerce, where he was responsible for trade development, export promotion, and international travel and tourism, and he was appointed by florida governors to serve on statewide boards. both sue and chuck serve on the board of directors on the council of american ambassadors. chuck is a double graduate of stanford. while we can t claim him as an alumnus, he is a long-time member and past chairman of the board of the university of miami s board of trustees, please welcome ambassadors cobb. [applause] thank you, president
with the los angeles times and has been employed by them since 1995. prior to that, he worked with the pasadena star news and the san jose mercury news. in 2001 he was awarded the pulitzer prize for his work in the discovery of seven drugs that were erroneously approved by the food and drug of administration. he has been the recipient of many other awards including the national press club award as well as the george polk award. that was his work on the presidential finance and improper use of funds for presidential campaigns. the work of david wellman has not simply been read and placed on a shelf but in terms of newspapers print and placed in the recycling bin. instead his work has gone on to change public policy. for a simple, in 2005 his work changed its policy of the national institutes of health regarding the payments to government scientists and those drugs coming from manufacturers. in 2008 he was cited by the scripps howard for his investigative reporting in the a