Lesnar. Welcome. Thank you so much for having me. Tonights questions will come from our panel of journalists at the Health Reporter policy reporter and the morning news anchor. Before we begin lets review tonights rules. Each candidate has one minute for Opening Statements and two minutes for closing statements. Each question warrants a 92nd answer of 62nd rebuttal from of the other two candidates and a 32nd response from the original candidate as needed we drew the order for Opening Statements before tonights broadcast the lt. Col. Bangs, the first Opening Statement goes to you. Hello friends, first i want to think south dakota public broadcasting for organizing this event. I am a retired Lieutenant Colonel a 26 year veteran of the u. S. Navy and air force. Im a husband, father, teacher with experience at the air force academy, the nato school in germany and where i live. Im running for the u. S. Senate because i am fed up with the hyper partisanship and the crippling dysfunction of o