Good afternoon. And welcome to the National Press club. The place when news happens. Im andrea edney, immediate past president of the National Press club and and i serve on the bof both the club and of our journalism institute. We have a really, really Great Program ahead, invite you to listen, watch or follow along on twitter using the npclive. For our cspan audience and public radio audience, please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public, so any applause a reaction you may here are not, is not necessarily from working press. Let me begin by introducing the head table and a like to ask you to please hold your applause and until all of the head table guests are introduced. Helpful to have the list. So from my left and from your right we have sean butcher, Communications Manager at disabled sports usa and editor of challenge magazine. We have retired navy captain jim noon, command of the American Legion post 20 here at the National Press club. Next to capt
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