Good evening. I am delighted and really honored to be here to talk about the battle for life champlain in 1814. Been thinking about for several years have i seen the bicentennial coming. I have not been a student of the war of 18 well my whole life. I of 1812 my whole life. I connected with the shipwrecks through Lake Champlain. Over the last several years, we have been traveling with our our Reach Program in interpreting the war of 1812, knowing that in 1914, we were going to have an opportunity to talk about the things that happened here, which we think are really very important and very special. Its also important to acknowledge that september 11 is a powerful date in history. I spoke to my elderly mom today in new york city, and she told me she was watching tv where they were reciting the names of all the folks who lost their lives back in. My brother, my cousin, my dad, all of those losses that hap pened. I feel for that. In fact, in the aftermath of 9 11, i was traumatized enough
Liaisons situated and physically present at each of our different targeting centers to be able to facilitate that exchange of that information. We also do a lot of what we call rules sharing or joint rule creation where as we sift through the reservation data and airline information, we create rules on what were looking for what we would consider to be activity we would want to look closer at and sit down with the canadian government and come up with giantjoint rules between the two of us so we can go through on an north american approach on how to do that. I will submit questions i have for the cbp regarding racial profiling racial profiling, specifically Excessive Force issues which looks like i wont have time to ask here but i would like to submit them and get those responses. But the last question i really want to ask is just, again the resources were applying to the challenges. And you all, again are exhibiting extraordinary leadership and commitment in our canadian partners, extr
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The battle of Lake Champlain was important. In my opinion, arthur cohn is the best person to explain why that is so. You know him from his career at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. I am most pleased he accepted an invitation to speak to us on the exact 200th anniversary of the battle. And to include the battles shipwreck legacy as part of the program. I understand that art will take a few audience questions after his presentation. Lets welcome art. [applause] thank you. Thank you. Good evening. I am delighted and really honored to be here to talk about the battle for Lake Champlain in 1814. Been thinking about for several years as i have seen the bicentennial coming. I have not been a student of the war of 1812 my whole life. I connected with it through the shipwrecks through Lake Champlain. I knew it mostly through this place. Over the last several years, we have been traveling with our Outreach Program and interpreting the war of 1812, knowing that in 1814, we were going to have