Executive Speeches articles from October 2003

Executive Speeches archives from October 2003

The serious policy issues facing the United States.(Murray Weidenbaum)(Transcript)
October 1, 2003... The presidential election campaign has started early. That is usually a bad time for any serious discussion of public policy. After all, I still remember one presidential campaign where the most important issue seemed to be the status of Quemoy...

Telemedicine: the road to higher quality health care.(Thomas Thames)(Transcript)
October 1, 2003... The delivery of health care in America today is saddled with inefficiencies and waste; with grievous and sometimes deadly medical errors; with outmoded ways of doing business that are costly and at times harmful to patients; and with outmoded...

The future of liberalism in China.(Transcript)
October 1, 2003... Fifteen years ago the Cato Institute held its first conference in China at the Shanghai Hilton. That conference was cosponsored with Fudan University and featured Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman, who later met with Premier Zhao Ziyang...

They said it couldn't be done ... from promises to better performance to results: improving the way the Federal government serves the American people.(Transcript)
October 1, 2003... Thank you very much, Mr. Penkoske, for that warm introduction. And good morning everyone. I would like to thank the Defense Information Systems Agency for the opportunity to join you here today and to talk to you about my favorite topic, which...

The journey and destinations of engineering.(Transcript)
October 1, 2003... Thank you, Dean Sathy. It is a pleasure to be with you today. As an alumnus of West Virginia University Institute of Technology, and as a former professor of engineering, I feel very much at home. More than 35 years ago, I called the top floor...

Positioning Pittsburgh in the global marketplace.(Transcript)
October 1, 2003... Thank you, Vivian, and good morning everyone... It's great to be here in Pittsburgh and at Carnegie Mellon University to discuss the topic of positioning Pittsburgh in the global marketplace. I know you're sick of hearing about the "old...

Freedom and its counterfeit.(Transcript)
October 1, 2003... It is a great honor to have the opportunity to address you this afternoon and to join the ranks of the honorary alumni of this eminent institution. To those who are graduating today, and to their families I offer congratulations for all that...