Wellknown historian in lithuania who i spent many hours with and hes always a very astute historian and very quick to dismiss that which is just you could could collect historical gossip and i said you know i was talking to this poet and he mentioned that there was this banquet and a look came over his face and he said actually it was quite common after each of these that there would be these parties or gatherings. And i later found out that the paper presents both at this banquet and then another one and he was the guest. Thank you very much. [applause] i would love to invite you up and we do have copies of the book available for purchase as well. Thank you so much. [applause] good afternoon. Im the director of the john f. Kennedy president ial library and museum and on behalf at the Kennedy Library foundation and all of my colleagues i think you for coming to welcome to viewers the viewers on cspan and acknowledge the generous underwriters of the forum bank of america of the institut