Story. We have produced a number of educational and public programming events of which witness to history is part of that. This afternoon is certainly a good example, we bring together Law Enforcement professionals, experts who were involved in some of the most famous criminal cases in American History and today we bring together a fwrup of experts who worked so diligently and for so long on the unabomber investigation. One of the longest manhunts in american Law Enforcement history. I want to thank our friends from target for sponsoring todays event, i would like to turn our program over to john maynard, who will moderate todays program. Thank you. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and those of you watching on cspan. Welcome to the museum, home of the unabombers cabin. I hope you have had a chance to see that in our concourse level. Were pleased to be partnering. For nearly two decades. Beginning in 1978 an elusive criminal sent bombs that targeted universities and stores. The fbi
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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is craig floyd. Im the chairman and ceo of National Officers memorial fund. I want to welcome you all here today to the museums witness to history, investigating the unabomber, the tenth in our series of witness events. Generously sponsored by our friends from target, who join us here in the front row, as well as in partnership today with the museum, our host. Ill turn things over to john maynard in just a moment from the museum for moderation of todays event. I want to thank you all for coming. Today is a glorious day outside. The fact you would want to spend an hour or two here with us thats extra special. And i thank you for taking the time to join us. I think youre in for just a fascinating discussion here in just a moment. I[i also want to thank our friends from cspan who tend to cover many of these witness to history events. Theyre with us once again today. Theyll be sharing this on air over the coming weeks. For those of you who may
This is a map of new england by john smith in 1616. This is yales copy that was done in 1631. I want to pause for a moment and tell you about this map and explain what makes it so important and what makes it so valuable. We all know of john smith from the Virginia Colony down the street from here and his role in founding that and study in 1607. He had sort of a Second Chapter in his life after he was sort of drummed out of virginia for reasons that i wont go into. He started exploring this area that was then just known as north virginia with the idea of founding a new colony there. And he thought that it needed a snappier name so he came up with the name new england and john smith was actually the person who coined that term as a way to claim this territory for his home country and sort of tell the other countries, you know, this is english territory. And he also wanted to claim this territory for himself and make sure that he got credit for discovering it and that he was going to be i
Have agreed to promote a road map to create the free trade area in the asiapacific. This is a historic step forward. The results of their research will be compiled by the end of the 2016, with the goal of setting up the new framework at the earliest possible date. Prime minister shinzo abe of japan will lead an effort to integrate the regional economy. Translator the tpp negotiations are at the final stage. We were able to share a firm will that we will conclude the talks at an early date without political leadership. And now we are beginning to see the end. Beyond the tpp, were looking at an economic integration to create a greater market in the entire asiapacific region. At the apec meeting, we were able to draw a road map for setting up the framework. Abe said japan worked with australia, the u. S. And other countries to set up the apec forum 25 years ago. And he said japan is now looking ahead to the next 25 years. He said leaders in tokyo are determined to lead efforts to create t