mrs. farris, not only here in washington but also in atlanta where we visited the birth home of dr. king. and so it's an agenda that is important for me.wc] it's an agenda where tom strickland and john jarvis and i often had conversations about how it is important that we tell all of america's story. for sure, it is important that we make sure that we're taking care of the natural wonders which we have responsibility for on behalf of the american people and how we move with a agenda to the landscape scale and we will get that done. but as important as that agenda is, it is equally as important an agenda to make sure that as we, the custodians of history, the custodians of telling america's story that we tell all of america's story. and so that includes the stories of the japanese internment camp or the story of our newest national park in california, which essentially tells the story of discrimination against african-american soldiers in world war ii. >> we'll leave this talk at this point to go live now to a discussion on young palestinians especially those living in the gaza strip. nearly three-quarters of those in the palestinian territories are under the age of 29. the

mr. secretary. since we're here to celebrate our achievements over the past year, i'm ted cook. i work for secretary stricklandand i wanted to thank you for how you made my year better. about 30 people in my family went on a camping trip in the mountains in southwestied including families whos' children otherwise never got to go camping. over half a million acres of wilderness. we found the secret canyon and tracks and hummingbirds and had a wonderful time. i just want to say thank you for enriching my life this year. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. i'll be in idaho sometime in the next several months. the back. >> mr. secretary, it is an honor to serve you and i guess a question that i want to have for you is looking out on 2010, what do you most hope to achieve and how can we help you to get there? >> is that brent? what's your name? ok. i thought i recognized you. you know, we have some enormous challenges but i will tell you we won't know what the president's budget will look like for the department but there are some tough times ahead. we have been standing up the department from the years o