Institution and its secretary, lonnie bunch, id like to welcome you all to the next Smithsonians National museum of Natural History and this very special graduation ceremony. Im richard curran, the smithsonians distinguished scholar and ambassador at large. First and foremost, i like to extend the welcome to our colleagues and friends from the u. S. Army, distinguished leaders, and, of course, our officer our graduates and their rightly proud and maybe families. Id like to welcome distinguished guests from the Monuments Men and women foundation, including members of the board and relatives of the world. Two monuments officers. This is a very special occasion. I dont usually wear this every day to work at the smithsonian. But id also like to welcome our guests from, bank of america, whove supported the initiative from the beginning. And finally, my smithsonian colleagues and those from sister organizations involved in Cultural Heritage protect like the department of state, the fbi, the
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