Committee. Secretary bunche outlines his priorities for the institution and efforts to reduce the maintenance backlog and comments on public, private partnerships is with sony and funding and the challenges for the National Latino museum. From earlier this month this is about 50 minutes. The committee on rules and administration will be called to order pretty good morning. I want to thank my colleagues for attending and before i can thank the secretary for bringing some of their great collection for us to look at but mr. Secretary, we are glad to have you and several people from your team here to back you up if you need it but im confident you will be able to be the man at that microphone they are. This is your First Official appearance before the Senate Rules Committee and we are grateful to have you with us. Secretary bunches appointment is historic in a number of ways in the first africanamerican secretary to lead the Smithsonian Institution as well as the first Museum Director who
What a wonderful crowd filled with so many people. We are glad to have you here. Thank you for that introduction. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the building on behalf of all the staff connected with the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture. Happy third anniversary. It is a great day for the museum and a great day that never would have happened without the help of all of you in this audience supporting us and encouraging us to move forward. Several months ago, 90 days ago i was at george mason university, and finished my career there. I got a phone call from the director of National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture. A good friend. He told me something that made my heart sing, that he was about to be announced as 14 secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. For me it couldnt have been more exciting except he put a link or in there. He asked me, to go the way to the mall. When lonnie bunch asks you to do same thing all you say is yes and that is what i
We call to order. Thank you to my colleagues for attending, and for our collection to look at. Were glad to have you and several two people, but im confident you will be able to be the man at the microphone here. This is your First Official appearance before the senate rules committee, im grateful to have you with us. It is historic and a number of ways, the first African American secretary to lead the smithsonian institution, as well as the first Museum Director who was later appointed secretary and around 74 years. Hes a historian, something i really enjoy, and he really understands, so its a great combination of things. This is the fourth position the secretary has had at the smithsonian, something i dont believe any of your predecessors could claim. In 1978, he began his smithsonian career at the national air and space museum. 11 years later, he joined the National Museum of American History, at the most recently served as the founding director of the National Museum of African Ame
Then, national nationally syndicated talk show host on free speech. He joined us on this mornings washington journal. Host pamela constable, longtime Foreign Correspondent for the washington post. I feel like i should start off by saying welcome home. Pamela thank you. Im delighted to be home. Host all told, how many years of your reporting career or percentage have you spent overseas . Half. i guess close to first with the boston globe, i worked for a number of years in latin america. That was close to a decade. Half. Off and on with the washington post, it comes out to be close to a decade. Host when you decided on journalism, how did you gravitate toward a foreign reporting . My earliest, interest in journalism was more about domestic issues. Poverty, drug addiction, social ills you may say. I did a lot of work on that in the early years. Then i guess, i dont know, i traveled overseas as a tourist, two unusual places, and i began to think some of these same issues were definitely th
Percentage have you spent overseas . Pamela i guess close to half. First with the boston globe, i worked for a number of years in latin america. That was close to a decade. Off and on with the washington post, it comes out to be close to a decade. Host when you decided on journalism, how did you gravitate toward a foreign reporting . Pamela well, my earliest interest in journalism was more about domestic issues. Poverty, drug addiction, social ills you may say. I did a lot of work on that in the early years. Then i guess, i dont know, i traveled overseas as a tourist, two unusual places, and i began to think some of these same issues were definitely there and more and the struggles and problems were deeper and broader. And i just wanted to try that. Host what special skills does it take to be a Foreign Affairs journalist, as opposed to someone working domestically . Pamela i mean, there is a number of things i would not necessarily call them skills, but there is a number of ways you ha