year after sustained media coverage and sustained campaign by u.s. political candidates and the current administration. and her husband mohammed is in the audience with us tonight also continued to advocate for the release of others and they strongly believe that it was the press coverage in addition to government intervention that shed a spotlight on their situation and helped to build the leverage for their release. welcome home. [ applause ] and of course, we have with us a nice lady michelle wolffe, but more on you later. i would also like to call out all of my fellow board members. john decker, judy pace, john carl, and olivia knox. we will do a terrific job. our new executive director has brought his passion for white house coverage to the job. no one can ever replace julie,