Thats npclive. Now its time to introduce our head table guests. Id ask that each of you stand briefly as your name is announced. Please hold your applause until i have finished introducing the entire table. From your right, dylan brown, a reporter from E E Publishing; gene tighe, director of bbn technologies, and a Longtime National park volunteer; maria recio, a correspondent from mcclatchy newspapers; will shafroth, president and ceo of the National Park foundation; elizabeth bumiller, Washington Bureau chief of the new york times; the honorable john warner, former secretary of the navy and United States senator from the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] thank you, senator. Ferdous alfaruque, medical device reporter for medtech insight and a press club board member. Skipping over our speaker for just a minute, rod kurkro, reporter at E E Publishing and the press Club Speakers Committee member who organized todays event. Thank you, rod. Tom crosson, the chief of Public Affairs for
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