[applause] what an honor and treat to be at the Eisenhower Institute and especially an honor to have susan introduced me. You know, families can be a little touchy about the great man and their family, but the eisenhowers were amazing with me. John, susan, david are completely open, not defensive, which is unusual. Incredibly helpful and i could not have done this book without them. So thank you, susan. Six weeks after Dwight Eisenhower became president , stalin died. Paik caught together top advisers and officials in that, whats the plan . Is little bit like Colonel Sanders of kentucky fried chicken. Was clearly a figure. Ike was rooting for the general, the head of the red army was ikes ally in defeating the nazis in world war ii. Eisenhower sent his son john out to do a little spying. John seidel up to him. Things are not as they seem. President eisenhower did not find out who was really in charge until the fifth day of the conference, when ike proposed what he called his opened sco
He was on the committee with ted kennedy. In 1988, he founded Podesta Associates with his brother tony. He served president clinton as deputy chief of staff and then whitehouse chief of staff. He was cochairman of president obama in 2008. He is the father of a proud airforce member. So much for biography. Our thanks to the angus ceo who are sitting at the table back there keeping me from the pain of premature requirement. We are on the record here. No tweeting. No filing of any kind while the breck fast is underway. There is no embargo when the session ends. This is one of the last ways of fussy folk waves so if you have a question send me a subtle, nonthreatening signal and i will call on you. We will let the guest make open comments and with that thanks for being here. Thank you, david. I will talk for two minutes and say that a lot has been going on in washington this week. But one thing i have been particularly focused on is the rollout of the proposal to reduce Carbon Pollution fr