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[applause] good afternoon, everyone. It is an incredible honor for me to be here with you this afternoon an mark, thank you very much for that very kind introduction. In particular, i appreciate you recognizing our legal team in tsa. Francine is our chief council as you know. Mark called her an icon. You would call her an institution. She was one of the very first employees of tsa in 2001. Has served consistently through. She is now a member of the Leadership Council of our organization. The very top seven people in tsa that determine the course we follow going forward. I really could adopt my job without the experts of francine. She continues to serve as well. Francine, thanks very much. [applause] and i appreciate the recognition of nikki and susan too. Two fantastic members over the chief couple team. They contribute to our performance against the entire spectrum of what we do. Day in and day out. It is a privilege for me t ....
Maryland. I am dwayne brown with nasas office of communication. We have an astronaut and associate administrator at nasa head quarters, alan stern, and Alice Bowman Mission Operations manager at john hopkins applied physics laboratory. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, pluto as never seen before. Three, two one. [applause] now we have remarks from dr. John grunsfeld . It has been an incredible voyage. I know many of you have been participating the last few days but what it all comes down to is an enormous team of people led by alan stern, a big team here at the john hopkins applied physics laboratory, university of colorado the list goes on and on. Hundreds of scientist, engineers, technicians, and people sewing blankets helping the explorer to visit pluto and fly on beyond. I am so glad you are here to participate in this true exploration exploration. That view is just the first of many, many rewards the team will ....
Before being the president s special envoy many of you know he took on the small challenge of trying to help lead the middle east Peace Process for two years working back and forth between the israelis and palestinians in helping with what was a pure like efforts to move forward towards the two state solution in hes been the commander of centcom and is somebody that applies a great deal of thought and reflection to help America Needs to handle its most ethical challenges. And most importantly and i have seen in in this capacity wearing the uniform and out of the uniform, he understands the challenges we face are never strictly military, they are always political and always complex. We could have no better person to bring to this task to try to figure out what are all the pieces of the puzzle countering the threat posed to the country that it is correctly decimating in the racin ....