Good evening. Im tom putnam director of the john f. Kennedy president ial library and museum, and on behalf of the kenibrar and my of the ceo of the Kennedy Library thank foundation and all of my all library and foundation collects and i thank you for coming. Welcome all those watching on cspan. And acknowledge the generous underwriters of the kennedyth Library Forum lead sponsor bank of america, raytheon, bostonion, an our capital, the Boston Foundation and our mediart partners the boston globe, viacom. X you are for me with the story. Its th the late 1950s idential candidate scion to fortune, oneman force field of celebrity good look and charms, fresh all victory in his home state in the middle east and impatient under president eisenhower itching to get the country moving again and encountering his main impediment to the white house in the form of richard m. Nixon. The description applies to john f. Kennedy also fits nelson a. Rockefeller. The resemblance is more uncanny when compar