[applause] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. As our guests are being seated im steven knapp, president of George Washington university and delighted to welcome you to our city rom. This balcony affords a broad view of the nations capital. This is an excellent symbol of what it means to be the Largest University the nations capitol and has an excellent view of the washington monument. Our monument, and this location is rather extraordinary here. If you drew a line from the state department to the white house and another line from the Federal Reserve to the world bang they would actually intersection right where we are seat sitting right now. That tells you about the importance hover this location and affords us an opportunity to convene important discussions of events of global significance. So im delighted to welcome you to todays discussion nightle. Nato in the age of uncertainty. A conversation with the secretary general of nato. Were horde he could make time during his brief stero
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