The foundation for defense democracies. Good afternoon and welcome to the foundation for defense of democracies. My name is toby and im the Senior Vice President for Government Relations and strategy. As many of you know, f. D. D. Is a nonpartisan policy institute focusing on National Security issues. We are a source for research, analysis and policy options for congress for the congress, for the administration and for the media and certainly for the wider National Security community. We take no Foreign Government or foreign Corporate Funding and never will. To learn more about f. D. D. , please visit fdd. Org. I want to welcome the online live stream audience and also those watching on cspan today. We invite everyone to join in on the conversation which will be live tweeting at fdd. Todays event is hosted by f. D. D. s center on economic and financial power. Cefp provides actionable recommendations to policymakers on how the u. S. Can leverage its economic and financial power to achie