for another day. so thank you very, very much for coming. my name is marie arana, i am a writer-at-large for the washington post . i was the books editor for many, many years, and i am now a very happy member of the board of directors of this festival. and the washington post is very, very proud to be a charter sponsor of the festival for so many years. .. almost two decades as a washington journalist, doug waller has covered the pentagon, congress, state department, the white house, and the cia. from 1994-2007 he served as time magazine s washington bureau. first as a correspondent, then as a senior correspondent. he has also served as diplomatic correspondent traveling throughout europe, asia and the middle east as well as the persian gulf. in pursuit of stories. he has carried out extensive coverage of the middle east, peace negotiations, and the wars in iraq. before coming to time magazine, doug was a correspondent for newsweek, reporting a major military confl