Giving on it. I wanted to say on a personal note that it is devoted and dedicated to my three wonderful grandchildren, emerson, piper and cole, and their very loving parents. And i also want to say that im delighted that my cousin, bill swift, and his family is here today to celebrate with us. I want to dedicate this talk to julie and trisha and ed and david who deserve to see their parents treated fairly. I think that sandy has told many me that the theme for this coming year is taking a new look at Richard Nixon. And thats a great context in which for me to tell you about this book, because by telling the story of Richard Nixon through the humanizing perspective of his wife and his marriage, his strengths are clarified, and his weaknesses are put many a new perspective. In a new perspective. 1948 when Richard Nixon was a member of the house, unamerican activities committee, and he was investigating alger hiss for communism, he never dreamed that 24 years later he would be in china op