america. this is about 40 minutes. .. somewhere else either in the library of congress and in the capitol building but really this is where i spent a lot of my time growing up so for me it s the particular thrill to be back house. thank you very much for having me here. it s really quite an honor. where i am i ll give a little bit background where i am kind of my personal background and my journey through the book and why i think particularly at this point in our notion s history, why this book and why our founding documents in the history of our nation are so very important because we really are, i think, a really very important crossroads of the gun and i think we re going to have to figure out in the end who are we as a country? what do we believe in and that s going to really set the pattern for the next generation. the best place is to look in our history. again, i would like to say especially for the clare boothe luce policy group, i have a great little story. i was