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good morning welcome to the 2012

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headquarters honor awards program I am

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Carolyn Knowles and I will serve as your

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master of ceremony this program was

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created to recognize headquarters civil

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service employees contractor employees

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and teams who have made exemplary

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contributions to the headquarters

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mission or to the welfare of NASA

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employees as the program begins please

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stand for the presentation of colors

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followed by our national anthem which

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will be led by Courtney Williams

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oh hell is preserved um oh say can you

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see by the dawn's early light what so

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proudly we hailed at the twilight's last

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gleaming whose broad stripes and bright

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stars through the perilous fight o'er

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the ramparts we watched were so

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gallantly streaming I low-cut red glare

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the bombs bursting in air gave proof

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through the night that our flag was

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star-spangled banner

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or the high halls are three I know home

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all right Thank You musician chief

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Williams navy band and color guards for

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your service and for your support of

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this program today please be seated we

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will now have words of welcome from mr.

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J hen executive director of headquarters

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good morning everyone as Carolyn said

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and thank you carolyn for getting us

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kicked off there my name is jay and i

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have the privilege of serving as the

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executive director of headquarters

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operations and the pleasure of welcoming

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all of you especially family members and

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guests here to the 39th annual

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headquarters honor awards ceremony

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before I go any further I would simply

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like to add my appreciation as his

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Carolyn and extend a very special thank

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you to the Military District of

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Washington joint Armed Forces color

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guard and the chief Williams for that

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rendition of our National Anthem I still

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remember my first headquarters honor

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award ceremony and despite what several

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of you out there are thinking it was not

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39 years ago maybe close but that was

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the first time I saw the color guard

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march in I am a bit of a history buff

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and to just see all of the campaign

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ribbons hanging down spanning our

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country's history just to me seemed to

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be an incredibly appropriate context for

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honoring our own so I'm always very

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enjoy having them back year after year

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and very happy to see them again now if

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my math is correct this means the first

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headquarters honor award ceremony was

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held in 1974 now NASA in 1974 I was just

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sort of refreshing my memory this

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morning has some very interesting

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parallels to the NASA of 2012 we had a

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space station in February of that year

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the three-man crew of Skylab returned to

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Earth after spending eighty five days in

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space something at the time I'm sure

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seemed like a very long duration flight

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we were in the midst of transitioning

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from one major human exploration program

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to another north american rockwell had

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just begun work on the first shuttle

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orbiter later named enterprise and we

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are actively exploring the solar system

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and beyond in September for example

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mariner 10 made a second flyby of

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mercury and late in the year december

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pioneer 11 made its closest approach to

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jupiter now i suspect that our main

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speaker may have more to say about the

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nasa of today and tomorrow so i'll just

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leave in saying that i'm confident in

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predicting that the next

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39 years will be even more impressive

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than the last 39 now it's often said

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that we make the hard things look easy

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but in the midst of doing those hard

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things it's often very difficult to take

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a moment to stop look around and say

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thank you to all of those who make it

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possible so it truly is my pleasure to

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welcome you this morning to celebrate

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the accomplishments of over 220

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headquarters employees now for those of

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you who are mostly here because of the

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food don't worry we're we're only going

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to hand out 26 awards several of those

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as I'm sure you've seen from the program

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our team awards and so those 26

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represent the contributions of a vastly

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number greater of individuals I'd also

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like to point out we have one new award

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this year this is the first year that

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headquarters has offered the

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administrative professional award as

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you'll hear more about in a couple of

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minutes this award recognizes

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administrative professionals who have

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made exceptional contributions in the

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administrative support field I'm very

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pleased to say that we had a strong

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cadre of nominations this first time

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around I'd like to wrap up by

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acknowledging the many individuals who

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have worked behind the scenes to prepare

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for and put on this ceremony in the

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great Academy Awards tradition I will

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not try to list each of them by name

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because I would leave somebody out I

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would like to say though thank you to

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mr. Glenn Delgado who chaired our

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headquarters honor awards committee this

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year as well as to all the members of

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that committee and appreciate your

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efforts on with the program now I'm not

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totally sure where our next speaker was

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in 1974 Los Angeles maybe I might have

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might got that right okay great in any

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event this is the seconds or maybe the

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third time that I've been able to

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introduce Charlie to an internal

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audience and i'm already gravitated

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toward you know shorter is better as all

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of you know Charlie has been a constant

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and very vocal supporter not only of the

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agency but of all of us as employees and

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I can think of no one better to have

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here to help us celebrate this morning

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so ladies and gentlemen Charlie Bolden

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a central real man thank you thanks very

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much Jay and thanks very much to you

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Carolyn I I know that I think the color

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guards back in the back some were

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probably waiting for food too I'll tell

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you it's not very often that we get to

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hear a robust baritone voice singing the

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national anthem and and that was

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impressive so I I also thank musician

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chief Williams for his his rendition of

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the national anthem and as I had an

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opportunity to tell a young lady done it

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at KSC on Friday when we did the

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Atlantis roll over the national anthems

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hard very difficult to do and it was

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superbly done then and superbly done

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this morning as everyone votes today and

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hopefully all of you have somehow if you

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haven't I hope you will get out because

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it is our civic duty to do so so so

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please make sure that you are not one of

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those that I'm going to be angry with

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because you didn't take advantage of the

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opportunity to cast your vote it is an

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important day because today we vote for

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the leaders of our nation I think it's

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fitting that today at NASA we honor some

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of the multitude of leaders in all the

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fields who are leading our nation's

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space program today we recognize our

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friends colleagues and fellow members of

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the NASA family here at headquarters

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who've made a difference in the past

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year but I also want to thank all of you

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every headquarters employee for your

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outstanding efforts headquarters leads

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the efforts of the NASA agency across

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the nation and it has been a year of

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amazing milestones people always want to

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know what goes on at NASA headquarters

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and I tell them a lot of hard work and I

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watch it all it's always a pleasure

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walking the halls of this building

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because so many of you have stories to

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tell me about your work and concerns and

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the common denominator is that you're

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passionate about what you do without

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that nothing else matters with that

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invaluable asset we're able

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achieve the impossible together the

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personal and professional milestones of

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the colleagues we honor today are

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helping to unfold a new era of space

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exploration right now the NASA workforce

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is the very best in government and those

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we honor today have excelled beyond even

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that high standard so please join me in

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honoring and thanking the men and women

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who receive honor awards today they are

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the heart and soul of NASA they help us

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do all the hard things that our agency

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is called on to do with enthusiasm and

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professionalism I congratulate everyone

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who's being recognized today as well as

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your families and I think I see many of

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them here today with us we're fortunate

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to have the benefit of your talents in

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the entire world is a better place

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because of the work that you do it's my

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honor to lead this agency and to work

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with all of you to create the future

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right now together we're making the

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nation proud and now it's my great honor

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to personally congratulate along with

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Robert Lightfoot this year's

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headquarters on our Awards recipients so

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thank you all very much and will now get

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to the business that we came here for

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and also our administrator for those

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very kind words at this time associate

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administrator like but would you please

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today 26 headquarters awards will be

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presented in eight categories each

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awardee will come on the stage to

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receive the award as I read the citation

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I ask that you hold your applauses until

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I have completed reading the entire

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citation the first category of awards is

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the distinguished Achievement Award this

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award recognizes employees for

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significant sustained achievements

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representing substantial contributions

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to the mission of headquarters we have

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two recipients John Falcor is the first

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for exemplary contributions and

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leadership to NASA and the space

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technology program NASA innovative

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achievement while serving as the program

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manager of the Office of Budget

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management and systems support with

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dedication and initiative the next

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category of awards is the administrative

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professional award this award recognizes

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administrative professionals who have

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administrative support field as was

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earlier mentioned this is the first year

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the Administrative Professionals award

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is included in the NASA headquarter

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honors award we have four recipients the

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first is Laverne Drayton for exemplary

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professionalism and tireless dedication

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in support of three divisions in the

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human exploration and operations Mission

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Directorate the next recipient is Mary

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done in recognition of exemplary

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contributions internal and external to

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the organization and to the headquarters

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the next recipient is nyeema Lee for

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teamwork while serving as the secretary

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programs the next category is the civil

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a team of headquarters civil service

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employees ok let's go back the last

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recipient in this category is not

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administrator bolden it is Cynthia

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administrative support in the

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establishment of the office of the chief

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scientist and the execution of its

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function one of the things I've learned

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in being an MC is that you have to be

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flexible and talked about flexible this

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morning the whole program changed so i

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am really operating in a very good way

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here the next award now is the civil

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service team award this award recognizes

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a team of headquarters civil servant

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employees who have made significant

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contributions to the mission of

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headquarters or to the welfare of

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headquarters employees we have three

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teams being honored the first is the

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astrophysics division research

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competitions team accepting on behalf of

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for achieving for the first time the

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agency's goal of announcing research

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proposal selections across an entire

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divisions research program in less than

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180 days next we have the procurement

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quality team accepting on behalf of the

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next we have the Space Shuttle Orbiter

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disposition team accepting on behalf of

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the team is Richard Irving for

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outstanding contribution to the agency

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the next category is the civil service

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contractor team award this award

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recognizes teams composed of both

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headquarters civil service employees and

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contractors who have made significant

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contributions to the mission of

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headquarters or to the welfare of

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headquarters employees teams include the

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commemorative Space Shuttle shuttle

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program book team accepting on behalf of

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the team is Michael circle Vic for

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outstanding support of the space shuttle

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program and designing a book honoring

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space travel next we have the

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headquarters combined federal campaign

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team accepting on behalf of the team is

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Natalie Sims for outstanding team work

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in the completion of 2011 combined

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next we have the headquarters operations

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move team will the recipient please come

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forward this recipient has the

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opportunity to do a shout out would you

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shout out your name please you get to do

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shout out Thank You Jeremiah next we

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have the headquarters operations move

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team and he just left us next see a

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little humor is always good right if you

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don't know I'm in Toastmasters and they

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told me if you get to a point where it

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looks like a little glitch just put a

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little humor in there so thanks for

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laughing next we have the JCL to

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development team accepting on behalf of

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the team is James Johnson for developing

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and implementing new analysis tools

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enhancing NASA's ability to generate

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joint confidence levels for cost and

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schedule estimates supporting all major

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next we have the Sofia joining forces

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award accepting on behalf of the team is

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cong wen for excellent you can tell

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himself okay okay his name was felled h

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uy + h anybody want to tell me how

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that's pronounced some people would say

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ho some people would say when we choose

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to say when come win thank you and I

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will tell you this was the team that

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brought Sofia to Andrews Air Force Base

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and brought military kids from all over

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the area out and they were mesmerised so

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I'm not single in a tally except for the

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fact that it was just awesome that would

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have been a good opportunity for the

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and start being a military man I give

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you that option at this point you see

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what the next one he isn't always okay

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the next award is the co-operative

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external achievement award this award

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recognizes employees for outstanding

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creative person to person relationships

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with personnel outside of headquarters

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this year we have two recipients the

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for exemplary work in developing an

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outreach program at NASA called same lab

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astrobiology that discovers and develops

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concise effective communication making

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NASA science more accessible secondly we

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have Kenneth jux for outstanding

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cooperation with NASA centers academia

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and the international research community

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to advance NASA's observation based

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research in atmospheric composition the

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next category is the creative management

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award this award recognizes supervisors

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who make a unique contribution to their

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offices or missions by working

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creatively with people inspiring and

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motivating them to greater achievement

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for the creative management award

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Michelle Callaway could not be with us

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but we wanted to acknowledge her for her

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the next category is the exceptional

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performance award category and we have

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six recipients I'd like to ask the first

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recipient to come forward miss Gail

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we'd like to thank y'all for all of her

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contributions next we have Michael

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reason we'd like to thank Michael for

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his excellent contributions also Sarah

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DeWitt could not be with us today but

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we'd like to acknowledge her next we

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have Tiffany Shuford we'd like to thank

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Tiffany for all of her major

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next we have mark sis till so silly we'd

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like to thank mistook the silly for all

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of his contributions I've got that Nexus

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Tilly so when you all see him remember

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silly our next recipient could not be

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with us today but we also want to

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acknowledge him and that's mr. Anthony

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sue Grannis so let's give them a round

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of applause the next category is the

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special service award this award

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recognizes headquarters contractors

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individuals or teams who have made

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significant contributions to the mission

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of headquarters or to the welfare of

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headquarters employees in the individual

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category we have two recipients the

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for exceptional initiative and effort

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that made the NASA science on spare

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exhibit a smash success at the

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International 2012world radio conference

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in Geneva Switzerland the next recipient

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is Tanya Johnston but she's unable to be

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with us today but we wanted to at least

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acknowledge her in the group category we

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have the information technology support

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team and this is our only recipient in

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this category accepting on behalf of the

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team is denene Newton for exceptional

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professional achievement dedication

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initiative and teamwork in providing

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outstanding customer service to the

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office of budget management and systems

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next we have the special service team

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award and this is awarded to the

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information technology support team and

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it looks like we're not going to do that

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so at this time all of our awardees have

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been awarded is there anyone that we

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left off just checking if not at this

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time I'd like to ask you to applaud our

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two great leaders for helping us in this

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and I don't you know usually they're

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the kids out there are their

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family members or others friend and

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stuff like that who are here would you

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stand up just friends and family of any

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of your woodys so we can give them funky

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thanks Larry at this time we will have

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closing remarks by our associate

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administrator mr. Lightfoot all right

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well good morning and Carol and great

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job recovering I don't think you guys

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can see but this is wild up here there's

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paper there's there's paper everywhere

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she's done a great job trying to trying

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to keep up with what's going on I really

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appreciate you inviting me to join the

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day to recognize some of the some of our

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headquarters and agencies best folks

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well the best things I get to do is it

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is associate administrators I get to go

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around this agency and meet so many

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members of the NASA family and see what

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they're doing to support our mission and

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everything we're trying to do as the

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agency tries to reach its milestones you

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know whether you work directly on a

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programmer a project or whether you just

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support her admission support helping

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those programs and projects be

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successful you honor NASA and this

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nation with what you do and your great

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accomplishments and this is our chance

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to honor you and that was what was so

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great about today on any given day you

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may not think it but you're making

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history you're making history every day

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that's what this agency does and I know

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this dedication and it sometimes

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requires quite a bit of personal

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sacrifice and there's sometimes we'd

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rather not be here you'd rather be at

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home at a kids game or something like

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that so to our guests like Charlie said

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thank you for being part of our extended

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NASA family as well you're the ones that

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allow us to get to do what we get to do

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every day and we couldn't do it without

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you supporting us at home so thank you

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for that if you ask the public what they

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know about NASA what's known what we're

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known for in general typically what

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they'll do is they'll come up with a

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piece of hardware it's our piece or a

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program you'll hear about Hubble you

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hear about the space shuttle you're

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about space station and now of course

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you'll hear about curiosity things like

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that and those are all great and amazing

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achievements that we have but today

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a what we're recognizing is our most

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important asset and that's our people I

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think you were the source everyone I've

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you whether you are an award you today

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or whether just you're supporting them

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you're the source of our great

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achievements you're the people that that

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the spaceflight community and all our

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peers out there look to your move your

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what makes or breaks us reflect on the

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citations you heard today think about

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the body of work that that represents

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then multiply that by 10 centers and

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think about the folks that are hearing

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that at every center in this agency and

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what we accomplish every year whether

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it's a supervisor who helps you to

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succeed whether it's a teammate who

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makes a difference in your ability to do

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what you needed to do or co-worker who

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just helps you pull that project across

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the line and get you there at the end of

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the day it's about our people and it's

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truly amazing to be such a part to be

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part of such a great agency making such

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a contribution to know this country but

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but to this world you know we have

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plenty of challenges and plenty of

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opportunities at NASA but then again

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haven't we always had that at NASA we

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dare to do great things and we only do

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them because of you no hardware builds

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itself no test runs itself no launch

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vehicle or spacecraft operates its f we

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need our people and that's that's what

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we're recognizing today I'm going to

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share two stories with you real quick I

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remember and still get goosebumps for

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the I'm from the south so if he's on

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what goose bumps are that's the things

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that raised up when you're cold like I

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had this morning walking in but I still

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get goose bumps in that first thumbnail

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that came down from curiosity when we

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landed when everybody was sitting there

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saying wait for it wait for it you know

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and they surprised us with the thumbnail

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so quick how exciting that was but you

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know what I'm gonna remember 20 years

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from now I'm not gonna remember that

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thumbnail I'm gonna member that team

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there was jumping around celebrating and

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enjoying their success i'm gonna

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remember their passion as Charlie said

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earlier I'm gonna remember their sense

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of humor as Carolyn said that was so

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prevalent there and yet they were doing

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a very serious thing and yet they had

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that passion that sense of humor and

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that's what our people bring

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I also was fortunate enough to be in the

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control room for the last shuttle launch

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and it this the slf for the last landing

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and while I remember the liftoff and

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I'll remember wheel stops again what I

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will remember is my teammates and my

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colleagues and my friends the people

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like you who made all that happened who

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persevered and made us shut that program

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down and close that chapter but set us

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up for the future set us up the way

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we're supposed to be doing as an

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exploration team that's what I'll

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remember it's the people if you don't

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remember one thing just remember it's

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the people so thank you so much for what

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you do for this agency for headquarters

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and for this nation as we continue this

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journey of exploration please keep

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helping us make the impossible possible

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Thank You mr. light but for those

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powerful closing remarks and what I'd

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like you all to do right now is to

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please join me in giving all of our

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and it was mentioned that mr. Delgado

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led the panel that selected these great

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people but he also had some help so I'd

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like to also thank all of the members of

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the panel because they spent many hours

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in looking over these applications and

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coming up with the ones that we would

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select for today so let's also take

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thank the panel please as all of our

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speakers today our senior leaders talked

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about excellence and by having the

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ceremony today we are actually showing

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excellence in action so I implore each

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of us to pursue excellence in all that

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we do this concludes our ceremony

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however there is refreshments in the