Washington University School of media and public affairs. Former International Bureau chief for the Associated Press and the 107th president of the National Press club. The National Press club is the worlds leading professional organization for journalists committed to our professions future through our programming with events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. For more information about the National Press club, please go to our website at press. Org. On behalf of your members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending todays event. Our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journalists who are club members. And so if you hear applause in our audience, i note that members of the general public are attending, so its not necessarily evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. I would also like to welcome our cspan and public radio audiences. You the follow the action on twitter using the npclunch. After our guests
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