But to understand why the Navy now looks uniquely suited to meeting missile defense needs, it is instructive to go back to the earliest days of the program, and trace how those needs have changed over time.
It's almost a certainty that if you're listening to this program now you're using tiny electronic devices that can trace their heritage back to the mind of William Shockley.
Gates began with the television program, "African American Lives, " back in 2006 when he used research and DNA testing to trace the ancestry of such prominent African Americans as Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones.