Part one will be the gentleman sitting next to me, senator tom cotten from arkansas. Part two after his keynote address as well as q a will be a lively debate on Missile Defense with joe and rebecca from the henriksen institute. We want to spend as much time with senator cotton as possible so ill keep my remarks short. Washington is faced with severe challenges when it comes to missiles throughout the world. Obviously north korea is very much in the news due to the development of the short, medium and longrange missiles and the ability to actually hit the homeland at some point. Senator cotton has been at the forefront of advocating for a robust strategy. His remarks will be around 20 minutes. That will open the floor for questions for about 25 minutes. Keep in mind during the q a, the state your name and affiliation as we are on the record as you can see by the cameras. Also if time is limited, please keep your question compact and precise. With that, senator cotton. Thank you all for