Impressed all of us with what she did in the Clinton Administration in the first and second terms. So when it came time for her to choose a job, it became pretty obvious that she should be at google. And so she and i chatted [laughter] she and i chatted, and i figured this is somebody who we could use, a genuine talent. Of course, we didnt exactly have a job for her, but at google its fine. I will hire really smart people. And she came in and wandered around, worked on our financing, learned the business, and then she and [inaudible] figured out that we needed to have a different kind of sales force. In the subsequent six years, she built a business that today is somewhere around 20 billion and established the recruiting practices that led the company to its current excellent condition. Then shockingly, shockingly [laughter] she shows up and says im going to go work for mark. And i said, how could this be . [laughter] i mean, is there something wrong . No, no, no, no. Im interested in
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