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>> I'm the President and CEO of the
Newseum and the Freedom Forum, and we --

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it's an organization that really
is geared to educate the public

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about the constitutional freedoms and the
First Amendment and Freedom of the Press.

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It's everything from managing the operations
here at the Newseum, and running everything

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from our budget to coordinating among our
exhibit people and our curators as to the kinds

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of exhibits we're going to utilize, and
then the programming that we're going

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to put on and host here at the Newseum.

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Some of our main features include
a piece of the Berlin Wall,

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which we really demonstrates very clearly
the differences in the kinds of governments

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in the world from the United States Government,
where there are freedoms that we can enjoy,

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to what occurred in East Germany,
where liberties were thwarted,

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and that piece of the Berlin Wall
really is a very vivid demonstration

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of the differences in the societies.

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And we have also an exhibit on 9/11.

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We have the top of one of the
World Trade Center towers.

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And the news coverage of that catastrophic
event is -- very much demonstrates, you know,

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the differences in the, our
freedoms in our government and those

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who would terrorize and destroy
that way of life.

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So I think it's very important that our, the
citizens understand not only what the rights are

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that they have, which we help educate them
about, but how those rights are protected.