may be no individual well gw alumnus who better embodies an engaged liberal arts experience than dan weiss, who brought this conference idea to me a year ago, an idea that gained momentum and enthusiasm with each passing day. dan, who is president and ceo of the metropolitan museum of art, formally served as president at lafayette and haverford college and dean at johns hopkins krieger school of arts and sciences at gw. dan studied psychology and art history on the heels of this turbulent era that we examine today. it was dan's book that time michael o'donnell and the tragic era of vietnam, highlighting the remarkable and courageous life of a promising poet amid the tragedy of the vietnam war that inspired this conference. dan, i'm proud to count you as a graduate of the columbia college, and i'm grateful for your leadership role in this conference, accompanied by peter osnos and thom shanker. thank you. and welcome back to your alma mater. it is now my privilege to introduce you to gw as president mark wright and president wright and came to gw after almost 24 years as chancellor and chie

thanks to my newest battle buddies, dan weiss and peter osnos, dean wall, back in the entire colombian college of arts and sciences, family and friends, the technical people who made this happen, sincerest heartfelt thanks. the carnegie corporation of new york, whose generosity allows the project for media and national security to exist and who supported this amazing program today. i sat here all day trying to think, what does it mean to win a war? and again, having spent of my adult life traveling along with military, something that bob kerrey this morning that rings so true, militaries cannot wars militaries at best defeat other military eyes. only governments can win wars by sealing the and we forget that all too often in our history because you define every problem as being, you know, a nail, then the hammer is your only tool. and it just is so painful to see the military as heartfelt and as well organized. it is sent off to do things as it was in iraq and afghanistan that it was never designed to do the phrase hearts and minds came up several times today. that was the mantra from