 distinguished guests in front of us. We are deeply honored by your presence this morning, the dedication of this building, with staff and 10 and a half million members of the National Geographic Society throughout the world. It represents commitment. The first is to vigorous and continued pursuit of our mission to increase. You can be thanked enough for your great and good work. And it's good to see Gil Rovner again, the first time I met him. I gave him quite a start. It was just before I took office and we were having a reception at Blair House. Gil introduced himself and told me where he worked. And I informed him that he was responsible for one of the biggest problems that Nancy and I were having in the transition. And he looked at me a little wide eyed and I told him, being in the middle of a big move from the west to the east, I'd give, I had hundreds of National Geographics at the ranch and I told him that I'm going to haul them all to the White House. It's a new experiment called America. It occurs to me that little firmament is an appropriate symbol for this building. It reflects the outward reaching, no boundaries impulse that is shaped to a society. It reflects the great respect that you have for specifics, for exactitude, for recreating things as they were, doctor, doc, and star for star. And it reflects the spirit of inquiry as directed to your studies. All that knows, you still discover. You fund expeditions, you help researchers, you encourage impossible grief. With our technology clicking away and bringing us from Plainfield, New Jersey to the Himalayas, it lets them a day of a man's life. But it sometimes seems that there aren't no journeys any more. No more great tracks. Remember how in the movies they made when we were young? Well, the movies they made when they'd have arrows showing the journey as it progresses. Our heroes started here, visited there. Now he's just landed in his destination, fading on hero. There was a sense of a long journey unfolding. Oh, that sense still exists in National Geographic. And somehow you take your readers along in the ride as you climb mountains and cut your way through jungles. There is another thing, the special sense that you have to give her beautiful things, delicate gold bracelets and jewels. A small observation perhaps, but it carries a whole world of influence. You bring history to life and you remind us all of the civilizations that are born and die and that we discovered in an endless continuum. I think it should be noted that the National Geographic should be noted. I have to tell you, you are looking at a Western art buff. In fact, long years before I ever could possess any at all and one certain other forms of art like abstract were becoming very prominent. I kept saying to everyone, you watch one day and people are going to rediscover Remington. Painters of that kind. And I said it for years and years and never bought a single painting. And I finally got around to that. I found that inflation had begun earlier than it did. But I thank you again. Pleased to do it. Do a group photo? I did a group photo. I was going to say, did you get a picture of one of us? And I'm sorry, I'm going to read this out. Well, I guess we're all right. Attention to orders. This is to certify that the President of the United States has awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel William M. Drennan, Jr., United States Air Force. Lieutenant Colonel William M. Drennan, Jr., United States Air Force distinguished himself by exceptionally superior service as the Air Force A to the President of the United States from August 1981 through June 1984. Through this period, the leadership, foresight, and ceaseless efforts consistently demonstrated by Lieutenant Colonel Drennan contributed immeasurably to the effectiveness and success of the White House Military Office. In this highly visible assignment, he routinely performed complex and sensitive tasks with critical impact on presidential activities. He was responsible for planning and coordinating numerous events of national and international significance requiring direct and constant liaison with senior officials from the United States and abroad. He established meaningful and lasting contributions to the Office of the President and the Department of Defense, earning total admiration and respect. The distinctive accomplishments of Lieutenant Colonel Drennan reflect great credit upon himself, the United States Air Force, and the Department of Defense. Nice work to have a pleasure. I think we'd like to get a nice family picture. Yes. I want you to give me the other side of the present here. I'll take it there. And there is a jar of jelly beans for you, too. Thank you. Thank you. And I know you wear civilian clothes sometimes. Yes, you're a soldier. Yes. And then her appearance. Thank you very much. See you for a souvenir of this. Keep them always. All right. You may have a seat there. All right. Is that your present? Yes. Very unusual. Come on, sir. Once again, it's been a pleasure to see you in your lifetime. Well, listen. We'll make sure where you're going now. Down to San Antonio, sir. I'm going to pre-advent your trip down there, no matter what. All right. Well. Back to you, sir. Let's get back to your schedule. All right. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye.