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Getting back to more and more inperson programs and we can do these things together in the coming weeks and months. Its a privilege to have four lawyers in court of the caliber of lawyers participating in todays program. With the exception of the Solicitor General and perhaps a few others, our speakers have served in the four most significant legal positions in the executive branch, and as someone who before taking the bench had the opportunity to work with the senior leadership of the Department Of justice and the white House Counsels office, i have to say with tremendous respect that i have for the responsibilities that these positions entail. Its probably fair to say that Attorney General is the toughest job in washington. We have one, a former one on the call who can maybe confirm that, but its also true for those who worked closely with the toerng in senior positions as well as the white House Counsels office given the continuous stream of legal hand political issues that cross th