[inaudiblele conversations] good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to this csis discussion. Im very pleased to honor our guests here today, and ill introduce them in a moment. But we are going to be discussing cdcs Global Mission and the integration of a more global strategy that the agency is leading. Im julie, i am currently the president and ceo of the foundation for the nih, but im wearing a different hat in this meeting as the cochair of the csis bipartisan alliance on Global Health securities. My cochair and i, i welcome you, and and i will make sure we have time for questions [inaudible] if prepared for that, and is well invite you to the microphone to participate in the conversation. We also welcome our online guests and hope that you enjoy this discussion. So why are we here . Well, were here because we are operating under the basic premise that biosecurity is National Security and that cdc has an absolutely critical troll play in that. Bipartisan a aligns [inaudible] in helping th