[inaudible [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. We have an unusual proceduretoda today. As usual, we will defer to the outstanding senators who are here to introduce the others and we thank them for being here. It is an honor to have you in the committee that we will let them go first so they can go on to their other business and we will then convene the business meeting for just a moment andur hopefully pass the nominees and pass some bills out and then we will resume with the greathear testimony from the nominees. With that again, we welcome youu if i can remember the seniority order we thank you for being back here with another and i dont know whether senator lee or senator manchin came next. Thank you for being willing to come and make good comments thank you. Thanks for holding this hearing and i am here primarily to introduce wes mitchell but i have to comment on the great willingness of jon huntsman to o serve the country once againsm this time in another