Good evening everyone. I am the Senior Vice President and it is my honor to host james and were doing this in partnership with the center for the study of the presidency and congress. Reword just talking upstairs wonderful things about the presidency and congress that was founded by the late david capture and he was a remarkable man who was well loved and he loved live to see the building which was terrific he started scsi as over 50 years ago and for years and with less opulent surroundings to say the least. We would be doing this in a basement with no windows windows, we never would have gotten here without david so it is an honor to be working with the center and of course, to have my friend James Kitfield here who has written another Remarkable Book you although his biography you dont have to read it one of the of best military reporters to work in this town one of the best authors and the respect of the people that he interviews and writes about one and his readers and fellow jour