As well as working journalist who is are club members. To hear applause in our audience i note to members of the general public are attending so not necessarily evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. I would also like to welcome our cspan and public radio audiences. You can follow the action on twitter, using hashtag, npclunch. After our guests speech concludes well have a question and answer period. I will ask as many as time permits. Now it is time to introduce our head table guests. I would like each of you to stand briefly as your name is announced. Please hold your applause until i complete announcing everybody at the head table. From your right, gil klein, journalism professor, american universitys Washington Semester Program a past npc president and chair of the clubs history and heritage committee. Janice law, former print journalist and criminal court judge and founder of the american women writers national museum. Ambassador sell la, roosevelt, the United States chie