[inaudible conversations] twenty as we need today for business meeting and a hearing and we will begin by considering nominations of david turk to be secondary deputy. mr. barrasso will have his and then one more and ready to go. i was highly impressed by mr. turk at her hearing last week and he clearly does have a firm grasp on the wide range of issues facing the apartment of energy and will bring a wealth of practical experience to the job as deputy secretary and started his career working with the senate for our former colleague kent conrad who speaks very highly of him and he then worked on the senate judiciary committee for senator biden. he had a series of national security and foreign affairs jobs in the house and state department and at the national security council. he spent two years as deputy assistant secretary in the apartment of energy and has spent four years in senior positions at the international energy agency, including the last 14 months as the deputy. qui