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we'll serve to organize and measure the

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of our energies and skills

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because that challenge is one that we're

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willing to accept

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one we are unwilling to postpone

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we set sail on the director of nasa

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mr michael coats and rice university

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good afternoon

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friday's congressman pete olson and i'm

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pleased to be here to help award nasa's

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ambassador of excellence award to my

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a congressman who represents

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the 22nd district of texas which

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includes the johnson space center

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a 10-year navy veteran

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and a proud rights alumni

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it's a particular special privilege for

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me to be here to be part of this award

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presentation

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i've lived a blessed life

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i started here right

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there's no finer

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and it opened many many doors for me in

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my life

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one door it opened

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my 10 year career

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wearing the uniform of naval officer the

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baby pilot

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i went all over the world but that year

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for one

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and while we're on the topic

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i'd like to just take a moment to

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recognize

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the mississippi

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the white watson program all the people

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who are in uniform to serve our country

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defending the nation let's give it thank

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i spent 10 years there

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working for two u.s candidates and

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learning what i needed to learn

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to run and be successful at the

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congressman representing the 22nd vista

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of texas

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and as we saw in the video

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president kennedy was here

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on september 12 1962.

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he set the future for america's human

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space program to get us to the moon by

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the end of the decade

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she achieves that

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and we've got similar problems

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with our space program right now

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we need to set a goal and i can assure

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and hopefully

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we all can get together in a couple of

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years in addition to a moonwalk we can

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be still already rice being awarded a

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more mars rock

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thank you

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as we speak earlier

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in this historic video footage

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today

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for the ambassador of expiration

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that i presented to rice university

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today

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which was awarded posthumously to

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for his visionary leadership

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the kennedy family when we ask that this

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historical memory

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of american america's program would

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be entrusted

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to a distinguished institution of higher

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education to inspire future generations

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to continue to push the roundabouts of

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human knowledge

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the relationship between the right right

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and nasa

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goes back a long way

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the johnson center

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built built on land that was made

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available to the government by rice

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university

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and nasa helped customers hurt bright

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side space science bill building

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we continue to pursue projects

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in science

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that are

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our communities and our country

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and we look forward to continuing to

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build your partnership here as we go

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so please please

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it is my honor to present to rice

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university

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thank you very much director coach and

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congressman olson

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we are deeply honored to be the

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custodian of this award

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as you say we have enjoyed a long

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history of fruitful collaboration

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between national and rice

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excuse me

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significant number of our alumni during

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the ranks of astronauts

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we are especially pleased to receive

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the courageous and challenging

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midshipmen of your alma mater mr coats

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and at a ceremony which includes the

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presence of our alumnus and congressman

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himself and former navy man

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the rice community is deeply honored to

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receive this award which was originally

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given to a certain former navy

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lieutenant

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and pt vote commander

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after he went along to find other

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as the leader of the free world it was

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indeed here in rice stadium

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when president kennedy challenged our

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nation

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to venture beyond this world in order to

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assure

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as he said in that speech

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that we would not see faith filled with

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weapons of mass destruction

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but with instruments of knowledge and

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understanding

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brice university is honored to be

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entrusted with this award

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it will find a place of honor here at

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our university

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and be cherished

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as a symbol

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of the universal search for knowledge

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and peace

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we have asked

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new midshipmen for writing naval rotc

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program

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to take it directly from the field to

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the university's fondren library where

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it will go on public display

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last night rice university hosted the