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[applause] good evening, everybody. Welcome to the National Press club. My name is Alice Fitzgerald and im the 112th president of the press and incoming investigations editor of the associated press. We had a terrific program tonight. I dont think ive ever seen a book around here that is as old, so thanks for coming. We invite you to listen, watch and follow along on twitter clubdc at dclive. If you have questions this evening, there will be question cards around the room. Writes the questions on the card and pass it to the end of the line and they will be sent up to me. We will leave plenty of time for questions. I just want to take a moment to acknowledge our headliners team, the chairs laurie russo of Communications Online with dc media strategy and staff at liaison Lindsey Underwood who put this event together this evening. So, we are delighted to have with us tonight New York Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and kate kelly, the authors of the education of Brett Kavanaugh. [applause]
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