ms. albright: thank you. good afternoon and welcome. i am truly delighted to be here with all of you in to celebrate public service and the legacy of harry truman. as someone who believes passionately in the importance of america's global leadership, i have a natural love and affinity for harry truman. but my affection for him is rooted in something more basic. he was my first american president. my family and i arrived in america november 11, 1948. a week after he narrowly beat his opponent in 1948. that was some time ago. in fact, i tell my students now that i went to college about halfway between the invention of the ipad in the discovery of fire. [laughter] ms. albright: so, it was much later when i became secretary of state and the question arose as to where to hold a particular ceremony. the event was to mark naito's 's decision too include:. i cannot think of a more appropriate place than the truman presidential library in independence, missouri, a place devoted to the man whose vision is responsible for nato. as i stood there, i

ms. albright: thank you. good afternoon and welcome. i am truly delighted to be here with all of you in to celebrate public service and the legacy of harry truman. as someone who believes passionately in the importance of america's global leadership, i have a natural love and affinity for harry truman. but

ms. albright: thank you. good afternoon and welcome. i am truly delighted to be here with all of you in to celebrate public service and the legacy of