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Ladies and gentlemen , please welcome

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the Secretary of State accompanied by

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the 61st Secretary of State James baker

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and Miss Susan Cleary

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Mr . Secretary former Secretary of

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State baker , special envoy

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Kerry , Ambassadors , distinguished

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guests , colleagues and friends were so

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delighted to have you here today and we

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thank you for your support for the

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National Museum of American diplomacy .

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I'm Susan Cleary the acting director .

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We are the first and we are the only

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museum dedicated to the story of

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american diplomacy , its history , its

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practice , its challenges , its lessons

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and the fascinating people who make it

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happen . It is a story . We believe

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it's not well known and not well enough

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appreciated . So today we're here to

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unveil a specially commissioned bust of

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former Secretary of State James baker

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the third that will be part of our

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permanent collection . Secretary baker ,

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you've been a steadfast supporter of

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the museum of major donor . We thank

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you for being here today and we thank

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your family and friends for being with

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us as well . It's very meaningful .

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Thank you . Now our ambition is to

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complete the long planned 40,000 square

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foot public museum exhibition space

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here in our nation's capital . And it's

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right here around this wall that our

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main entry to our exhibitions would be

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our our exhibit halls and so every

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visitor to the future museum and visit

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to the State Department comes through

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historic entrance will pass this

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beautiful work of art that commemorates

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the historic contributions of Secretary

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baker . Now we're delighted to have

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with us today the talented Swedish

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artist Johan Falk who created this work ,

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johan is a renowned portrait painter

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and sculptor . Secretary baker has not

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yet seen the bust but I have and

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I have to say your hand gets beautiful .

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Congratulations in such an

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accomplishment . I'd especially like to

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acknowledge Secretary baker's friends

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that left tristan and Christine Olafson .

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Uh and it's through your just city that

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this work was commissioned and donated

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to our permanent collection . Thank you

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so much . Danny Burstein and I want to

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thank of course the Diplomacy Center

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Foundation , we have the chairman of

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the President's here uh and we have so

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many of the distinguished members who

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have been with us along the way

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building this museum . Thank you all

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for what you do for our joint project

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and mr Secretary we especially

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appreciate having you here tonight with

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us at this moment of heightened

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awareness of the central importance of

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us diplomacy , to international

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stability and security . It's so

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meaningful that you're able to take

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time to participate . Secretary Blinken

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and former Secretary baker come from

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different backgrounds , different

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generations and yes , different

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political parties and yet in their 10

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years they've been asked to confront

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momentous challenges that demanded the

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most of american statecraft and

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diplomatic leadership . And so with

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that I would like to invite you both to

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come and too unfair . The bust of

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Secretary baker . Thank you

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Yeah .

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Okay . Right

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mm hmm .

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A

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Susan thank you so much and everyone

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here today . This is a special

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moment . Jim Welcome home

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to , to the leaders of the diplomacy

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center foundation , including my

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longtime colleague and friend tom

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pickering ambassador public . Thank you .

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It's wonderful to have you back in this

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building as well and it is simply an

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honor to have an opportunity . Mr

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Secretary to hail you in this morning ,

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call the baker family were here with us

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today . Thank you so much for joining

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us . Um , I know your most trusted

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diplomatic advisor is your wife Susan ,

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grateful for her three of your Children

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with us today . Culture Doug and Jamie

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and their partners as well . So welcome

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having you back . I know

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that the secretary's years of public

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service , not just here but in other

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institutions in Washington demanded a

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lot from other people . Um the

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sacrifices that you made or major

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contributions to the success that he

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had and that our country has has had as

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a result . So on behalf of the american

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people , thank you each and every one

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of you to make your family . So growing

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up as I read it , uh , jim grandpa

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Captain gave him this advice .

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Work hard , study hard and stay

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out of politics for four decades . He

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managed to do that . But jim

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by you're telling it was the tragic

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loss of your first wife mary Stuart and

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the advice of a dear friend George H .

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W . Bush that led you to break with the

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family Mexico and putting you on the

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path as my dear friend Tom Donald once

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said so aptly to becoming simply put

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the most important , unelected official

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in America since World War two .

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Secretary is the only person to serve

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as chief of staff to the president's .

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He directed five presidential campaigns ,

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the Secretary of the Treasury and that

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other building down the street . But as

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I've seen written and as I think I know

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from here in Houston there was no job

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that he loved more than being secretary

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of state . And he showed exceptional

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leadership in guiding the foreign

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policy of our country with a lasting

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impact on this country and on the world .

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James Baker served as Secretary of

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State for 43 months . I think it's safe

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to say that there are a few times in

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history when the world has changed so

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profound . What you call Jim a

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worldwide history Or as you said ,

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late one night in April 1991 to a young

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staffer by the name of Bill Burns

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sitting in a rundown hotel in the

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caucuses . Have you ever seen so many

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things changing so fast . Thank you .

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During that period , the soviet union

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disintegrated without conflict . The

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Berlin wall filled the U . S . And the

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USSR undertook the most significant

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reduction ever in nuclear arms . It's

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an app Hussein's invasion of kuwait was

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swiftly rather the Madrid conference

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made visible for the first time horizon

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of Middle East peace . We were

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talking about this just a short while

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ago . It's easy looking back at hinge

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moments in history to view these

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seismic shifts as somehow inevitable ,

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particularly when the world moves from

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conflict and toward peace away from

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autocracy and toward democracy . But

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to study those 43 months is to learn

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that these outcomes were anything but

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certain the arc of history meant the

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way it did because people that

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And no one more so and secretary

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neighbors Like on November nine

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1989 and Secretary Baker was hosting a

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luncheon upstairs in the Ben Franklin

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for President Aquino of the Philippines .

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He was handed a folded note informing

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him that the Berlin wall was coming

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down as he rushed over to the White

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House , he scribbled notes that ran

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Something we wanted for 40 years europe

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that is whole and free reunification

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on the basis of Western values . Now ,

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that last part was very uncertain .

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Secretary baker not only immediately

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saw where he wanted to end up the

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democratic reunited Germany , he

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cleared the path to get there . He

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staked out the principles , the Germans ,

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not outside powers should get to

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determine their own future and that

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Germany should be reunited within male

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and then methodically brought our

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allies and the Soviets around to these

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positions . President George H . W .

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Bush , you're double parked around the

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Houston tennis courts and professional

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partner and so much of life summed up

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your leadership best . The President

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said , he acted while others were still

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struggling to comprehend . And he got

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things done right as I've tried to

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look at those who held this

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job before me . The thing that

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struck me so much about you jim is this

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ability to have a vision for where he

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wanted to go and then figuring out a

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way to get there . It's an

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extraordinary and rare combination and

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one that inspires me every single day .

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How you get things done is something I

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try to learn from every day and

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diplomats will continue to study for

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generations . Um , and if I can , I

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just want to take a moment to suggest

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at least three lessons that I take from

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reading and morning about you .

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First of all , diplomacy ultimately

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comes down to relationships and

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building the trust . But the four of

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those relationships takes time . It

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takes effort . It takes everything as

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you later wrote to persuade foreign

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leaders is often helpful , put yourself

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in their shoes . Now I had some

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opportunity also to see that in

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practice when I served as john Kerry's

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deputy , I saw the kinds of

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relationships that he built , the

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effort that john you put into this day

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in day out . And it's a very , very

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powerful lesson . And I've been

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inspired by both of you and trying to

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follow in those footsteps ,

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jim you understood that to advance our

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interests and values , you have to get

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to know your counterparts beyond the

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negotiating table to understand what

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drove them and what they were up

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against . Um , and I think there's no

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better example , we have a chance to

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talk about this a little than the

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friendship that you built with the then

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soviet Foreign Minister , Eduard

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Shevardnadze In the summer of 1989 .

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You took the unprecedented step then of

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inviting him to your ranch in Wyoming ,

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you met in Washington that fall , you

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broke protocol by flying together in

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Jackson Hole rather than taking

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separate planes and on board . He

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shared a meal and and talked for the

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hours of that flight . Over the coming

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days . The Secretary took Shevardnadze

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fishing on the Snake River . I got an

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accountant who caught what we didn't

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catch what uh and as I understand , it

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gave her a pair of custom black cowboy

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boots made in Houston Chevy as he took

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to calling him later , invited you to

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come fishing with him in Siberia . That

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relationship was that the foundation

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for so many of the historic steps that

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were taken by our two nations . And I

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suggest that if not for the trust that

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you were able to build soviet foreign

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minister may not have been really

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decide to stand side by side with you

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at the Moscow airport to jointly

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denounced Iraq's invasion of Kuwait the

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first time the great power spoke

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together on assemble foreign policy

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issue and that could be seen as a

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bookend to call for it .

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Second Secretary , that you understood

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that while american leadership is

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indispensable to tackle global

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challenges . We need allies . We need

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partners to get the job done and those

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relationships have to be built . They

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have to be nurtured . That was how

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Secretary baker assembled the coalition

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to stand up to Saddam Hussein's

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invasion of kuwait head of the november

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1990 vote at the U . N . Security

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Council authorized the use of force

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against Iraq . The secretary recognized

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the importance of rallying the broadest

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possible coalition . So he wanted to

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meet with every head of state of

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foreign minister from every country on

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the Security Council , 15 of them uh

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including us . He had three weeks to do

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it In that time we traveled to 12

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countries on three comments and he

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didn't just show he practiced the five

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fees that his father had taught him

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prior preparation prevents poor

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performance . So that's another one .

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I'm inscribing um on my own desk

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that preparation allowed him to meet

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each country where it was Bringing two

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very right combination , persuasion

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Charles , maybe just a little bit of

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pressure to Ultimately 12 Security

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Council members voted for the

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resolution . Third ,

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while the Secretary was a master of

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getting things done , he never lost

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sight of the principles guiding his

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actions he wrote and I quote ,

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american political diplomat should

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always remember the power divorced from

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the purpose is valued by our democracy

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will ultimately prevent jim I

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suspect that's one of the reasons you

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loved named Secretary . You can use

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that gift for getting things done to

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advance the values that you believed in

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most and the Representative .

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Everything is good about this country .

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Yes . We all know , the Secretary could

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whip votes and run a campaign better

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than anyone . I can attest to that . I

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worked for Michael Dukakis in 1988 ,

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but the greatest campaign he ever waged

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was for a more secure in more peaceful

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world . So once again , we find

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ourselves in a role in the history more

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assertive china is challenging the

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rules based international order that

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has long been the foundation of

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security and prosperity for americans

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and people around the world . The post

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Cold War era is in Russia's invaded a

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neighbor . It's reverted to almost

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totalitarian repression at home . It's

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threatening even to use nuclear weapons

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as we never get this stuff . Few models

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from we're fitting to follow in the

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model set in the office that I don't

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have the privilege of occupying

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Secretary baker kept a small plaque on

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his desk and give it to him by

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President Reagan and it said it can be

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done with the word can in capital

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letters . Secretary baker is

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has always been a realist . What he

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never lost faith in a month

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in our values and in our capacity when

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we're at our best to make the world a

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little bit better . As long as we

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remember the purpose behind our power

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Mr Secretary today , on behalf of this

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department , on behalf of our country .

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Thank you . Thank you for showing us

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how it can be done . Thank you for

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inspiring us across the years , across

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generations . Thank you for being such

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a great leader for this country and for

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this department MR section .

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Okay . Yes ,

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yeah . Thank you . MR Secretary for an

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extraordinarily generous or large ,

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most extraordinary , generous remarks .

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They may very well be off the top .

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Uh , you were kind to say that I could

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get some things done . I didn't get

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much done . I have a really good crew

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that got things done for me and Whitney

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and some of them are here today and I'm

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delighted to see . I appreciate that .

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Thank you . And all of you are here .

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This is the signal signal honor for me

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to have my bus in the lobby

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of the department and particularly here

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in the Museum of Diplomacy . I'm

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really honored if I may say so Tony ,

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that you would take time out of your

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business schedule to be here . And I

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want to thank you for those

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extraordinarily generous words . You

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know , ladies and gentlemen , I don't

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think there's been a moment in recent

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history when affected diplomacy has not ,

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has been needed anymore than it's

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needed right now . Uh , and we were

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talking about this in the Secretary's

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Office . Uh , we all know the winds of

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war blowing heart of the Ukraine where

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citizens , there are making some quite

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heroic efforts to maintain their

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independence protecting their

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freedoms while also making sure that

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the violence doesn't spread , that we

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don't trigger something else is really

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daunting cashed for the West and the

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West lead as usual by the United

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States . And I think this crisis once

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again proves the critical importance of

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american leadership and I told the

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secretary that I really support and

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agree with the steps that have been

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taken in facing up to this

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problem . I think they've done a

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masterful job . I think it's too soon

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to declare victory . Uh some people are

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inclined to declare , declare victory .

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Now , some commentators , I think , I

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think it's too soon for that , but the

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fact remains that the United States

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is and still uh will remain

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for some time , a force for

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international peace and stability .

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And so mr Secretary , I want you to

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know that you uh and and our

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country , I have my full support as you

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and the dedicated officers of this

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wonderful department continually are

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countries with diplomatic efforts

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during this challenging time and it is

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a challenging time and you're doing a

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splendid job . I also want to express

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my deep appreciation to dan Goldston

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for family , bringing this event to

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fruition after the covid pandemic

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planning for it on hold for over two

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years . I first met dan when he invited

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me to now almost Sweden in 2017 for a

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public conversation with Carl Bill ,

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the former Prime Minister of that

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country . Now , I may be a bit biased

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because dan has commissioned this

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busted me , but I want you all to know

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how much I admire you . He is a very

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successful entrepreneur who is

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interested in building a better world ,

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not just making money . His

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philanthropic commitment is best

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evidence I think by the organization

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starved for life which he and his wife

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Christian launched in 2005 to

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prevent AIDS among young people in

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africa . We're also out of christian to

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have you here today . Their

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foundation works to strengthen young

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people's self esteem and belief in the

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future . So congratulations dan and

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Kristin and congratulations as well And

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johan Falk going to you a sculptor , a

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talented sculptor . You have a

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wonderful gift johan and the ability to

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bring joy and understanding through

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your art . So thank you also for

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honoring me as one of your subjects .

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Now , this event would not be possible

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without the National Museum of american

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policy , the history , the

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practice and the challenges of american

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diplomacy tell the real success story I

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take of the american school . This

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museum is gonna keep that story alive .

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Mm hmm .

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Mhm . Our nation has long been overdue

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I think for a museum that highlights

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the important role that the policy

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plays in our foreign and security

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policy . I've been told that there are

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18 large museums dedicated to our

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armed forces and wars that we have

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followed And perhaps as many as 400

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small ones . And now I am very , very

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proud to be associated with this one

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that recognizes the importance and the

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success of diplomacy . And since we're

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talking about the importance of

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diplomacy , I want to

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recognize my late friend whom the

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secretary mentioned and former boss and

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yes , former tennis doubles partner

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George H . W . Bush , I told people I

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had an easy job , You know , Secretary

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of State can't find himself separated

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from his president . And there was

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never any chance of that with me

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because I had a president who was a

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friend , Close friend for 40

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years . He was my daughter to come for

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her and I carried him on the tennis

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court . So there was never going to be

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not only that I ran all of his campaign ,

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so he and I were never going to see any

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day any space between us , but I want

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to say nobody , in my view , nobody

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understood foreign policy nor practiced

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it as well as President Bush . He was a

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star and that he knew it , he

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understood it and he knew what to do

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and when to do it . And were it not for

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George Bush is supposed to be would not

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be here today . I'd like to end

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my remarks today sadly by

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saying a few words about another friend

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and great american , one of my

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successions as secretary of state , the

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incomparable Madeleine Albright ,

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madeleine was intelligent , She was

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savage . She was charming and I can

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tell you because she did some politics

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to she could be brutally frank when the

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moment demanded . But above all , she

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understood the important place that

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american diplomacy has in global

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affairs . We're going to greatly miss

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Madeline and her whip and Canada most

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of all I think we will miss her

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contribution to our nation and to the

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practice of diplomacy . Thank you all

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for being here . Thank you for

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supporting this museum of Diplomacy .

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Mr Secretary , thank you again for

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those extraordinarily generation marks .

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Don christian and johanna ,

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Thank you for being here and making

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today such a memorable one for me .

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Thank you .

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Mhm .

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Mhm . Mhm .

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Well that concludes today's program and

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we'll hope we hope they will take some

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time to visit the temporary exhibit in

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the pavilion . Um , and to meet the

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museum staff and to see some of the

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items that are now 10,000 objects of

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permanent collection . Um , we also

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have displayed some objects connected

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with Secretary baker . So I hope you'll

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stop by and to see the signature

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fragments of the Berlin wall which

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Secretary baker has signed . And with

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that thank you for attending . And

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thank you for your support for the

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National Museum . Mm

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hmm , mm hmm .

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Over . And participants to depart .

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Thank you . Thank you