Thomas burr. He is the washington correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and he is the Vice President of the National Press club. Myron is a George Washington University Professor and former president of the National Press club. Kevin merida, he is the managing editor of the washington post. Gabriel dibenedetti is a National Political correspondent for politico. The correspondent for the Kuwait News Agency and the director of Strategic Communications for the data quality campaign. [applause] i also want to welcome our other guests in the room today and our cspan and public radio audiences. I want to welcome our audiences watching a live stream on our website, press. Org. You can also follow the action on twitter. Use the hashtag, npclive. Well, our speaker today has never served in congress, or as the governor of a state. Or in any elected office of any kind. He did tell me he was elected and that gets applause. He did tell me he was elected to the yale board. This is one of the reaso