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- Yeah, please have a seat, everyone.

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Welcome.

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Good afternoon!

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I'd like to welcome everybody

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to the James J. Rowley Training Center,

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where we proudly train the men,

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women, and canines of the Secret Service.

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My name's Kimberly Cheatle,

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and I'm the Acting Deputy
Assistant Director for Training.

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Today is a day that the Secret Service

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has been anticipating for a long time.

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We are so excited to have
you here to share with us

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the groundbreaking of a new,

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state-of-the-art canine training facility.

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The Secret Service Canine Program

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began in 1976 with six dogs,

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and as the years have progressed,

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we've expanded the scope and
the mission of our program,

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firmly establishing it as
one of the best in the world.

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That expansion has led to an increase in

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training demands and facilities.

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The facility that we're going
to break ground on today

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will serve the Secret Service

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and our mission for years to come.

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I would like to recognize
many of the individuals

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who are here today who have assisted

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in making this concept a reality.

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The Assistant Director of
Training, Cynthia Wofford.

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The Acting Chief of our
Uniform Division, Jack Powers.

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Our Chief Operating
Officer, George Mulligan.

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Our Deputy Director, William Callahan.

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The Director of the Secret
Service, Randolph Alles.

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And there are also several
other members of the

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executive staff in the Secret Service,

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as well as our Engineering
and Facilities team,

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and I thank them for
their efforts and support.

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We're also excited to welcome the partners

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who will assist us in making
this facility a reality.

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From the Army Corps of Engineers,

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Commander of the Baltimore District,

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Colonel Edward Chamberlain.

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Along with several other members

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of the Army Corps who have walked with us

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every step toward today's event.

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And from Harkins Builders, Ben Nichols,

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Gary Garofalo, Rob Triocci,

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along with several other
members of the Harkins team.

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We are also especially honored

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to be joined by Acting Secretary Duke

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from the Department of Homeland Security.

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We are so pleased that
you could join us today,

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and it's pleasure to
host you here at our TC.

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At this time, I'd like
to invite Director Alles

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to please come forward for remarks.

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- All right, thank you, Kim,

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and it's great to have you all here today.

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A great event for us.

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Again, we'd like to recognize
the Acting Secretary

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and the folks from our staff,

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Deputy Director, our
Chief Operating Officer,

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and then Colonel Chamberlain
from the Corps of Engineers,

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Gary from Harkins Builders.

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We appreciate y'all being here today.

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This is a big event for us,

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and it's one of many things

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we would like to do
out here in the future.

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So I just point out that this project

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is one of many that we want to implement

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over the next several years,

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just trying to modernize
our training facilities

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and our capabilities.

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The mission really demands
higher levels of facilities,

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in terms of areas we can train in,

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so actually building facilities

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to enhance our training's
a key part of that.

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This is the newest,
the first new facility,

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according to what I'm told
by the former Director,

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right here, Rakim, to be put
up here in about two decades.

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So we're excited to actually see

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some construction occurring out here.

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The Canine Program is a
critical part of what we do

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around the White House, around
our presidential events,

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very important, not in
terms of providing security

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on the grounds, but explosives detection,

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patrolling out in the public
areas is very important to us.

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So I just think this program is something

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that we can be very proud of,

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overall for the Secret Service.

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It is world renowned, in terms of

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its capability and its capacity.

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This particular facility
we're going to dedicate

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to James J. Maloney,

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who was the 12th Director
of the Secret Service.

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He served from 1947 to 1948,

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and during his tenure, the
Secret Service Division

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actually became known as the
United States Secret Service.

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So, again, it's a great pleasure

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to have everyone out here today

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at this groundbreaking ceremony.

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We look forward to the construction

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and completion of the facility.

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It will be very important to the Service

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and our Canine Program overall.

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So thanks for your attendance.

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(applause)

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- I'd like to invite Acting Secretary Duke

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to please come forward.

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- Well, good afternoon!

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It's really a pleasure to be here.

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One of the things, when I was the Deputy,

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and General Kelly was still here,

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and we were talking with Director Alles

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about coming over and working
with the Secret Service,

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one of the things we all united about is

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how important the men
and women of the Service

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and the other operating
components are to us.

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We have a united vision
with your leadership team

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that we are here to serve
you and make sure that

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you have the tools and
capabilities to do your

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incredibly valuable
and professionally done

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missions within the United States.

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And so having a new,
expanded canine facility

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and adding that capability
is one of the things

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I know was planned long before

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I was in this Acting position,

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but it's a true honor
to be able to be here

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for the groundbreaking of delivering,

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starting to deliver that capability

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to the men and women of the
United States Secret Service.

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I wanted to be here today to renew

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the promise that we'll be working,

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despite a very constrained budget,

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to get you the tools, the
people, and what you need

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to do your mission each day.

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And also wanted to be
out here to thank you

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for what you do every day.

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Being in this position, I've had more time

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with the Service than I ever had before,

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and I'm just tremendously proud

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to be a part of DHS, on your team.

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Thank you very much, and best
wishes with your new facility.

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(applause)

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- Colonel Chamberlain.

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- Good afternoon, everybody.

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I can't tell you how honored
I am to be here today.

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I have to admit, I'm an avid dog lover,

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so here in a few minutes,
gonna put on the dog suit,

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and we're gonna get at it.

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(laughter)

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But again, as an avid dog lover,

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I can't tell you how excited to represent

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all the professionals of
the Baltimore District

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and honored to serve
all those that protect

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and perform this mission so well,

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to be able to deliver
state-of-the-art facilities.

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This project breaks away, a little bit,

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from our Baltimore District tradition.

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We have a heavy tradition
of military construction

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and support to other agencies,

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just across the street,

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but this gave our team an
incredible opportunity.

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This project was designed in-house

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by our engineering team
within the Baltimore District.

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It'll be administered by our
crack team from Construction

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to make sure that this project

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is exactly delivered per specifications

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and for the needs of the
canines and those whose handle

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and all the administrative space with it.

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And certainly, leading
this effort will be our

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Project Manager, Eli Hirsch,

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to make sure that this
project stays on track.

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We're certainly honored today to provide

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this roughly 20,000,

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20,500 square foot facility

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and the best design and functionality

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that meets the stringent
design requirements,

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more importantly, provide a safe space

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for the canines and their handlers.

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I was able to tour this facility

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a little bit over a year
ago and saw the conditions,

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and we're very proud to be
part to improve the conditions,

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both for the handlers and
for the canines here today.

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And I really look forward to
coming back here very soon

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to actually do the ribbon cutting

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on this new facility to deliver it.

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Everything that this design included

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included the safety, again, of the canines

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and the handlers to that degree.

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We also incorporated many
things in this design

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to make it state-of-the-art

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from both an energy-efficient
point of view,

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but also a great place
to work and operate.

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So again, proud of that.

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I certainly want to thank all of our team,

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but our Design Manager
here, led by Fran Young,

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with all the elements to this.

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And then our construction partners here

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with Harkins Builders.

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We're very looking forward
to working with you again.

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We have worked many times
with Harkins Builders

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in the Baltimore District,

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here a local firm out of Columbia.

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So looking forward to that.

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And then working with our
Bay Area Construction Office,

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led by Cedrick Bazemore, to
make sure that we deliver

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this project on time, on schedule,

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to the quality expected.

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Thank you very much.

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(applause)

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- I'd like to introduce Ben Nichols

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from Harkins Construction.

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- So on behalf of Harkins,
I wanted to say thank you

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to Director Alles and the rest
of the Secret Service team.

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Thank you to Colonel Chamberlain
and the Baltimore District.

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Harkins is extremely grateful
to have the opportunity

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to work together with
both the Secret Service

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and the Baltimore District on
this very important project.

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Harkins Builders constructed
our first building

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for the federal government
over 30 years ago,

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and we have enjoyed a long-term,
outstanding relationship

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serving our federal agencies ever since.

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As a company, we have
a deep-seated respect

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for our men and women
who serve in uniform.

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We're very proud to have 16 veterans

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of the armed services and
police force currently on staff.

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When Thomas Harkins
opened Harkins Builders

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for business more than 50 years ago,

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he built the company
on the virtues learned

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as a young Army First Lieutenant,

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leading soldiers while
serving in the Korean War.

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The values instilled by Mr. Harkins

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are still the backbone
of the company today,

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and we strive to serve our
clients in the same manner

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as our men and women in uniform
serve our country every day.

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Thank you again to
everyone who worked so hard

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to make this project possible.

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Rest assured that the construction
is in excellent hands.

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We look forward to breaking ground shortly

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and are very proud to play a role

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in constructing a building that will help

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our nation's finest
better serve and protect

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the country that we all love.

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Thank you.

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(applause)

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- Thank you very much.

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So aside from the demonstration

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that you're going to see shortly,

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this is the most exciting part,

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the actual groundbreaking.

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(laughter)

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I would like to invite the
Director and Secretary,

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Deputy COO, USACE team, and Harkins team

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to please come forward.

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- [Announcer] One, two, and three!

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(dirt rustling)

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Thank you!

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(cheers)
(applause)