Most decided the world is alive and working today despite the fact that this nation owns scientific manpower is doubling every 12 years. In a rate of growth more than three times that of our population. Despite that. The stretches of the unknown, and the unanswered. And the unfinished. No man can fully grasp how far and how fast we have come, but condense if you will the 50,000 years of mans recorded history in a timespan of a half a century. Stated in these terms we know very little about the first 30 years. About 10 years ago under the standard man emerged from the cave to construct other kinds, only five years ago man learned a right. The Printing Press came this year, and less than two months ago during this whole 50 year span of Human History the steam engine provided a new source of power. Explained the meaning of gravity. Last month, automobiles, and airplanes became available. Only last week did we develop penicillin and television. And nuclear power. If they succeed in reachin
Senators,kennedy scientists, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate your president having made me a visiting honorary professor, and i assure you my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here, and i am particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge, in a city noted for progress in a state noted for strength. And we stand in need of all three. But we meet in an hour of change and challenge, and in a decade of hope and fear. In an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. Despite the striking fact that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this nations own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 years in a rate of growth more than three times that of our population as a whole, despite that, the fast vast stretches of the unknown, and the unanswered, and the unfinished, stil
Everybody for joining us. Thank you for the council on Global Affairs. We will be Live Streaming this evening. For those of you that cannot stay off of twitter. During the discussion, we have a few hashtags that we can use tonight. Also, hashtag at 70. With that i would like to welcome my panel. Lets just jump right into her. We have with this the last close to two decade experience covering and handling some of the biggest issues in world affairs. I am sitting with for the people that i would reach out to all the time for insights and thoughts. I cannot say that about many of them. Really, there is no one better to speak about in the milestone of the Nato Alliance. Im going to ask each of the ambassadors to start off. How it was brought home to them by their unique issues. And a little bit of the reflections of what it meant to them. Want to start. Good evening everybody. I want to thank them. They have done such a great job. It really is an internationally known present. Because of h
Experience covering and handling some of the biggest issues in world affairs. I am sitting with four of the people i would reach out for insights and thoughts. Cant say i got that many of them. One better to speak about the milestone of the Nato Alliance at 70 and the challenges we are facing. Im going to ask each of the ambassadors to start off by talking about how nato was brought home to them by the unique issues and may be a little bit of their reflections on what nato meant to them at the time. Evening, everybody. I want to thank the ambassador who is our host and who has done such a great job. It is a national and internationally known present as of all of you and his efforts. Say iing to be brief and was ambassador to nato between august 31, 2001 and march, 2005. My Great Fortune was our deputy i arrivedion not knowing as much as i wanted to know about nato. We were hit hard. Everybody in this audience remembers where we were. Ahead of theours withcoast, in a meeting our fellow
Our speaker candice shy hooper, our fine careers on capitol hill and as a lobbyist, candice earned a masters degree in history with a concentration in military history from the George Washington university. She has served on the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal of the ulysses s and julia d grant home, and the board of directors of president lincolns her work in the historical field has also included publications in the New York Times. The journal of military history and the michigan war studies review her book lincolns generals wives for women who influenced the civil war, for better or for worse, won three nati awards. Her most recent publication, delivered under fire, absalom the first biography of thel, childhood friend ulysses us grant. And while serving as a special agent of the Us Post Office department, he was often called grants postmaster general in his role as agent of the Us Post Office department during grants presidency. Mark passage of the ku klux klan act of 1871.