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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Great to have you all here. Welcome to the museum news eums theater. We are partners with the fbi for wes special program as celebrate one hundred years of African American special agents. We will honor their history, their service, and looked toward the future. Seum has enjoyed working with the fbi. Exhibit today examines how the bureau is riding terror and cybercrime fighting terror and cybercrime. I want to give a warm welcome to many current and former fbi agents in the room and as always, i very warm welcome to our visitors and our members. Thank you for your support. Introduceleasure to the fbi associate director paul bate. [applause] good afternoon, everyone. What an amazing day. Thank you, john, and to the newseum, for hosting this event. And thank you for the fbi up us vias office of inclusion to organize thishelp event today. Its a privilege to be one small part of the 100th Year Anniversary of the hiring and entry on duty of the first af
We celebrate 100 years of africanamerican special agents. Today, the program will honor their history, honor their service, and look towards the future. M hasewsy him newseu enjoyed working with the fbi during our time here. Our exhibits inside todays fbi, which explores headlinemaking fbi cases and explores how the bureau is fighting terrorism and cyber crime, is a visitor favorite. We have enjoyed hosting many programs with the fbi. I want to give a warm welcome to many former and current fbi in the room, and a warm welcome to our visitors and our members. Thank you as always for your support. Introduceleasure to fbi associate Deputy Director paul. [applause] paul good afternoon, everyone. What an amazing day. So privileged to be here. Thank you john, and to the newseum, for hosting this phenomenal and historic event, and to the fbis office of Foreign Affairs and office of diversity and inclusion for helping to organize such an Amazing Program today. It is an incredible privilege to
Their history, honor their service, and look towards the future. The newseum has enjoyed working with the fbi during our time here. Our exhibit inside todays fbi, which explores headlinemaking fbi cases and examines how the bureau is fighting terrorism and cyber crime, is a visitor favorite. We have enjoyed hosting many programs with the fbi. Revolving around the exhibit. I want to give a warm welcome to many former and current fbi agents in the room, and a warm welcome to our visitors and our members. Thank you as always for your support. It is my pleasure to introduce fbi associate Deputy Director paul abbate. [applause] paul good afternoon, everyone. What an amazing day. So privileged to be here. Thank you john, and to the newseum, for hosting this phenomenal and historic event, and to the fbis office of Public Affairs and office of diversity and inclusion for helping to organize such an Amazing Program today. It is an incredible privilege to be one small part of this celebration of
And in fact, in santa clara, supporters would make molotov cocktails for them and pass them out the windows so they could be used. So this happened, like, december 30, 1958. News filters out that they have managed to seize this train, and men go in, and it is like aladdins cave. They have hundreds of guns, machine guns, mortars, bazookas, and its this extraordinary thing. And word gets back to havana on new years eve, and the dictator , whose main worry at this stage was that there would be a military coup, or that he would be arrested and put on trial, decides to cut and run. So he has a regular new Years Eve Party, and if you have seen godfather part ii, its more or less accurate. He has a new Years Eve Party , has his chicken and rice at the cup of brandy, and then he reads a statement that he is about to leave havana, about to abandon cuba. And there are three dc4s waiting on the airstrip with a list of names of people who are coming with him. And people start running to the ofplan