Good morning. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation and our douglas and sara allison auditorium. We welcome those who are joining us on our heritage. Org website. For those inhouse we ask that our cell phones and other mobile devices have been silenced or turned off and for all those watching online or on television, youre welcome to sends questions to comments at any time simply emailing speaker heritage. Org. Hosting our program today is ted broman and the Margaret Thatcher center for freedom. He studies those relationships as well as u. S. british relations with europe in the europe union and International Organization trities as well. He joined heritage after a decade where he served as associate director of International Security studies. He is also an adjunct professor in the Strategic Studies Program in the John Hopkins School for advanced. Please welcome me in welcoming ted broman. Thanks very much, john. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation for this event on brexit, u. S. uk free t