Executive Speeches articles from October 2001

Executive Speeches archives from October 2001

Economic responses to terrorism.(Dr. Murray Weidenbaum of Washington University)
October 1, 2001... The terrorist attack on September 11 and its aftermath is causing the American people to reexamine and revise their expectations of the future, both short-term and long-term. Under the circumstances, some economic perspective is needed. First...

Putting our own house in order.(Dr. John A. Howard, The Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society)
October 1, 2001... Sixty years ago, The United States of America was devastated by the attack on Pearl Harbor. The unthinkable had happened. Suddenly, from nowhere, death and destruction rained down in Hawaii and decimated our powerful navy. The fabric of daily...

Coming home.(James D. Ericson, Northwest Mutual Life Insurance Company)
October 1, 2001... First let me thank Weldon... and everyone who made that video. I appreciate your words very much. But I value your friendship even more. As you know, this has always been my favorite time of the year. The family comes home. Twelve times...

Laying the last mile.(Tom Tauke of Verizon Communications)
October 1, 2001... We stand at what Andy Grove might call an "inflection point" in U.S. economic history. Behind us lies a decade of extraordinary growth, driven by investment in telecom and information technology and characterized by entrepreneurial energy,...

Surprise ... and courage.(Paul Wolfowitz, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense)
October 1, 2001... Thank you. Thank you, General [Daniel] Christman [Superintendent of the United States Military Academy], for a very warm introduction. Please be seated. You neglected to mention that 25 years ago, when we were very young, we were working...

Elephants can dance ... UPS and lessons from e-commerce alliances.(Mike Eskew, vice chairman of United Parcel Service)
October 1, 2001... Good morning. About ten years ago, author James Belasco wrote a business bestseller called Teaching the Elephant to Dance. It was all about managing a big company to embrace change. I suppose he chose the elephant analogy to...

Mentoring our youth in aviation.(Norman Y. Mineta, U.S. Secretary of Transportation)
October 1, 2001... There is a line inscribed in silver on the Korean War Memorial in Washington. It is a simple message. It says, "Freedom Is Not Free". No one knows this better than those who have gone to war to protect the flame of freedom for all...

Reorienting energy to accentuate the positive: a comprehensive plan for U.S. economic growth.(Daniel R. Gerkin, National Mining Association)
October 1, 2001... Thank you ladies and gentlemen of America's longwall mining community, the world's most productive underground coal miners. My assignment is to talk about the Bush administration's energy strategy and, by extension, this week's announcement of...