i want to make a couple things clear. one, i have been called a hero, i am not. i am just a guy who did his job and did his duty. this country has been good to me, and it was the least that i could do to spend some time serving my country. and there are a lot of ways to serve. and i think that what the houston hospice does is one of the best ways that one can possibly serve. and i would submit to you that those who care for others at the end of their lives are certainly heroes in every sense of the word. and i would like to just give another round of applause. [applause] i know well that that is, that can be a hard task, it can be a thankless task, but it is a needed task, and i can promise you that our communities are better because people like you are in them. so, please, accept my sincerest thanks. one of what i essentially wanted to chat about today briefly was the idea of leadership and why it is so critically important in our nation today and in some ways you guys a