mr. pratt discussed his background as an artist, as well as his own experience as a former u.s. marine in vietnam. this event was hosted by the smithsonian national museum of the american indian. kevin: all right. good afternoon. it's good to see you all here. my name is kevin gover. i am the director of the national museum of the american indian. we are here this afternoon to talk about the national native american veterans memorial. we've broke ground this morning for the memorial and we will turn to the business of building the memorial next week. so, we are glad that you are here. we are excited to be talking about the memorial. let's get right to it. with me is harvey pratt. harvey is a citizen of the cheyenne-arapaho tribes of oklahoma. he is a cheyenne peace chief. he has been a career law enforcement official. he is a working artist. and he is a marine and vietnam veteran. please greet harvey pratt. [applause] so, harvey, what caused you to submit a proposed design for the memorial? mr.

mr. pratte discusses his backhand as an artist as well as his own experience as a former u.s.this event was hosted by the smithsonian national museum of the american indian. >> all right well good afternoon, it's good to see you all hear, my name is kevin gover, on the director of the national museum of native american, where here this afternoon to talk about the national made american veterans memorial, we

mr. i was harvey pratt. which means i'm going to be a chief. i was born in a little house in reno, i wasn't born in a hospital. and my mother's aunts all took care of her. i was a veil baby or cloak bearer. they said, oh, look at him, he wants to be a chief, so they gave me that name. i felt like that was something special for me. i always admired my school teachers. schoolteachers to me, my first grade teacher, i never forgot her name, was mrs. jones. and then mrs. wyatt and then mrs. herbie. they said harvey, you have some skill. i thought everybody could draw as a child. i thought everybody could do something. and it dawned on me that adults have to tell children that they're special or they have a special talent. oh, you sing pretty or you dance pretty or whatever it is, you know. adults have to tell children that so they recognize that. to me that always impacted me enough that i would tell my children those things. you know, if they had a skill or a talent, i would try to reinforce that to them and with other children that i would meet. s

mr. pratte discusses his backhand as an artist as well as his own experience as a former u.s. marine in vietnam. this event was hosted by the smithsonian national museum of the american indian. >> all right well good afternoon, it's good to see you all hear, my name is kevin gover, on the director of the national museum of native american, where here this afternoon to talk about the national made american veterans memorial, we broke ran for the memorial this morning, and we will turn to the business of building the memorial next week. so we are glad that you are here, we are excited to be talking about the memorial and let's get right to it. with me is harvey pratt, harvey is a citizen of the shine rapid traps of oklahoma, he is a chief, he has been a career law enforcement official, he is a working artist, law and he is a marine and vietnam veteran so please greet harvey pratte. >> thank you. >> so harvey, what caused used to submit a proposal of the proposed design for the memorial? >> while our veterans director just kept after me. then i had no hope that i would even come

mr. pratt discussed his background as an artist, as well as his own experience as a former u.s. marine in vietnam. this event was hosted by the smithsonian national museum of the american indian. right.all good afternoon. my name is kevin gover. the the director of national museum of the american indian. we are here to talk about the national native american veterans memorial. we've broke ground this morning and we will turn to the business of building the memorial next

mr. pratt discussed his background as an artist, as well as his own experience as a former u.s. marine in vietnam. this event was hosted by the smithsonian national museum of the american indian. kevin: all right. good afternoon. it's good to see you all here. my name is kevin gover. i am the director of the national museum of the american indian. we are here this afternoon to talk about the national native american veterans memorial. we've broke ground this morning for the memorial and we will turn to the business of building the memorial next week.

mr. draghi: thank you for your wishes. it is one question really. first of all let me refer to peter pratt's words. that during the we gradually changed monetary policy stance. exit thateparing to stance of monetary policy. but then conditions changed. the determination to pursue the mandate for which this institution was created and we work for it. therefore we had to change .ourse there is one take from the thent imf meetings is that paradigm of reference has changed. imf andt long ago the the observers would say, yes, interest rates are low. they may stay low for some time but then they will go up. the sense of many discussions at the imf's they will stay low for a long time. they will stay low for a long time because the real rate of interest is also declined. this implies the exit from unconventional monetary policies has shifted in time. shifted forward in time. y i feel as so many try to comply with the mandate in the best possible way. thank you. >> mr. arnold. >> a couple of similar questions in the same kind of vein. what is your biggest regret? the second is what advice are you giving to

mr. pratt discusses his background as an artist as well as his own experience as a former u.s. marine in vietnam. this event was hosted by the smithsonian national museum of the american indian. >> all right. well, good afternoon. it's good to see you all here. my name is kevin gover. i'm the director of the national museum of the american indian. we're here this afternoon