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There've been three seminal
organizational events

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that have shaped the past

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of military space will shape
the future of military space.

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In 1950s, we were locked in a cold war

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with the Soviet Union.

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A part of this Cold War
critical part of it in fact,

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was the Space Race.

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It was consequential because whoever won

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that Space Race would determine the amount

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of freedom that not only the United States

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but the international
community would have in space.

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In response to that,

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the Western Development
Division was formed

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in a deserted school house in
Inglewood, California in 1954.

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And most importantly,
General Bernard Schriever,

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was selected to lead that organization.

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It is upon the foundation
that that organization laid,

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that we have had 66 years of
unbridled success in space.

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The next significant
organizational event in space

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was the formation of
Air Force Space Command.

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And they have led the transition of space

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from being an R&D environment
to an operational environment

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and made space an essential
part of the Warfighter Ethos

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and the war fighter capabilities needed.

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And finally, the next
organizational event occurred

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when U.S. Space Force was set up

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as the sixth military service

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under the department of the air force.

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This was in response to a changing world,

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where over 60 nations we had

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become space faring nations.

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Commercial space had flourished

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and were leading innovation in many cases.

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However, the downside of
the current environment is

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that our near peer
adversaries, Russia and China

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have developed hypersonic threats

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to our infrastructure and the
infrastructure of our allies.

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They have developed offensive
counter space threats

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that threaten our satellites

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and they're doing this all
in three to four years.

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And so Secretary Barrett,
along with General Raymond,

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General Thompson had
been leading an effort to

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create the space force

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as a lean agile organization,
responsive to these threats.

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Secretary Barrett brings
an amazingly unique set

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of capabilities in her knowledge

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of military, civil and commercial space.

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In addition, her leadership

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and management experience
across the wide area

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of venues are absolutely
unique and have helped

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in this transition and
will continue to help.

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Simply put Secretary
Barrett is the right person,

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in the right place, at the right time.

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- I Barbara Barrett do solemnly
swear that I will support

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and defend the constitution
of the United States-

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Secretary Barret was born on a farm

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in Indiana County Pennsylvania,

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from those roots, she's become
a true Renaissance Woman.

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She's been a businesswoman,
an educator an attorney,

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an instrument-rated pilot,
a rancher, and a diplomat.

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A detailed listing of
all her accomplishments

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would take all day and leave us exhausted.

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Her bachelor's, masters and JD degrees

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were all earned at
Arizona State University.

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She's also been awarded
honorary doctoral degrees

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from a myriad of other institutions.

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The business world Secretary Barrett

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served as an Executive Officers of a bank

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to fortune 500 companies, as
well as being on the boards

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for the Aerospace Corporation,
the Smithsonian Institute,

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Caltech, JPL, Raytheon, the FAA

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and the Civil Aeronautics Board.

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In addition to participating in many

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professional organizations.

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As a practicing attorney,
Secretary Barrett is a partner

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at a large Phoenix firm.

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As an educator, Secretary
Barrett held a fellowship

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with Harvard University's John F. Kennedy

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School of government.

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This well rated pilot Barret
is the first civilian woman

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to land an FA-18 Hornet
on an aircraft carrier.

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She also trained as an
astronaut with the backup

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space flight participant for
the Soyuz TMA-16 mission.

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In 2014 Barrett was inducted

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into the Arizona Aviation
Hall of Fame and received

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the Worcester Polytechnic
Institute, Presidential Medal.

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In 2008 and 2009, Secretary Barrett

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was U.S. Ambassador to Finland

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under President George W. Bush,

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and was a Senior Advisor

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to the U.S. Mission to United Nations.

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She's a member of the
council on foreign relations,

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a participant with the
Global Leadership Foundation,

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the Club of Madrid and
the World Economic Forum.

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Secretary Barrett has
served as chairperson

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for the State Department's,

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Women's Economic
Empowerment Working Group,

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the U.S Advisory Commission
on Public Diplomacy,

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and the U.S Secretary of
Commerce's Export Countries.

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Secretary Barrett is also
an Intrepid sportswear.

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In 2007 she scaled
Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro

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and bicycle 900 kilometers
through Finland while ambassador

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and in her spare time,

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which is hard to
comprehend she has any of,

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she owns and operates a dude ranch.

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Just some of the honors
that Secretary Barrett

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has accrued have been the
FAA's Administrators award

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for distinguished service,

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the office of the
Secretary of Defense Medal

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for Exceptional Public Service,

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the Horatio Alger award for
Distinguished Americans,

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the Wilson Award for
Corporate Citizenship,

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and the Sandra Day O'Connor
Board Excellence Award.

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And today the 2020 recipient

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of the Bernard Schriever
Space Leadership Award

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is our 25th secretary of the air force

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the honorable Barbara Barrett.

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We know General Schriever is
smiling down at us, about this

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and her husband Craig is
also very happy for his wife

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and I'm sure very proud
of her accomplishments.

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He himself is an extremely
accomplished person

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as the retired chairman and CEO of Intel.

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So ladies and gentlemen, today

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I'd like to present the
honorable Barbara Barrett.