It again ireland the irish tiger you remember this phrase that was used at the time and we were looking at what was the secret to how did ireland manage to transform its economy from that was basically very much agriculture based into a completely modern one so we had the benefit of having of looking at that what were your portuguese then decisions were taken to invest heavily in the technology in the infrastructure in the day the use of data and ideas as fundamental Building Blocks in the meantime investing in our Human Resources to have the right people in the right place and there you have basically the form of our success what nice man dr collins were particularly like a story about the libyan gets landing at the airport lets have a look at that. I was at my office in castillo remember it was about 3 oclock in the afternoon or thereabouts anyway i got this telephone call from our airport officials there tell me Prime Minister weve got a problem i mean really unusual for somebody to
Museum and memorial symposium. Good morning. Am not and it is my pleasure to welcome you, thank you for coming out to what i think is going to be an extraordinary couple of days as we came together and learning at this of speaking together and learning at this symposium. We are delighted to work with so many partners to create another exceptional opportunity for us. I hope it will take the time to spend time in the galleries. The special exhibition piece with 19 from 1919 fits with this piece. Preparing for the opening of a new exhibition, the vietnam war, 19451975. That opens next weekend, so this is a teaser. We invite those of you who are able to come back to memorial day weekend of year to come back and take in an exceptional exhibition that also provides the link sent helps people understand the enduring impact of the war and world war i. And how it contributed to the vietnam war. There iskes us is that a continuum and growing interest in world war i and its enduring impact. I am
[applause] our guest is an admiral who graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1976. He had a 37 year career and some extraordinary stations along the way, including as the Combatant Commander of u. S. Southern command from 06 to 09 and of course his nato ally supreme commander. He earned his phd as well and masters of arts and law from the Fletcher School of law and diplomacy which he subsequently went on to lead as dean after his retirement from the navy. The author of ten books, but hes also an operating executive with the Carlyle Group which most americans know as perhaps the preeminent Venture Capitalist Fund in the United States. He chaired boards of the council. Hes among the most treasured guests i have on my radio show, and im leading personally a campaign to get the admiral on the board of at least one and hopefully three of Big Tech Companies so that google, facebook and amazon bring to their perspective and discussions of you to the National Security of the United
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. My name is matt miller. I service the president and ceo here at the national War One Museum immemorial it is my pleasure to welcome you here to what i think its going to be an extraordinary couple of days to thing together and learn at the symposium. We are delighted to be house need networking with so many partners to create yet another, i think, exceptional opportunity for us. Whilst you are here, i hope that you take time to spend some time in the galleries. The special exhibition, piece 1919, certainly fits with this theme and he will enjoy that as well as our main galleries where we are preparing for the opening of a new exhibition this week on the vietnam war, 1945, 1975. That is not open until next weekend so its a teaser for you. But we invite those of you who are able to come back through the next several months 30 memorial day weekend of next year to come back and take in really quite exceptional exhibition that also provides the links and
Let me introduce our first guest. He is the director americas of the u. S. Monitor center in newport news, and im sure many of you have been there, if you have not, you need to go, its an amazing collection of material that they have there. Hes the author of 17 books, to that would be interesting to all of you is the csis virginia, sink before surrender, and the monitor voice, the core of the union first. He has received many awards, including the National Trust for president award for Historic Preservation and many others. His top today is the ship that save the nation, please welcome mr. Quarstein. Thank you. On march 8, 1862, there was a terrible day for the union. It turned the tide in favor of the confederacy when the css virginia emerged from the Elizabeth River and sunk two major union warships. The cumberland and the congress. The union navy was in disarray, people were in the white house looking out the curtains, down the potomac, fearing this super weapon, as they would call