[applause] good evening, everyone. My name is john, i have the honor of being the executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and i want to thank all of you for coming out this evening. In honor of our men and women uniform protecting our freedoms around the world. If you will please stand and join me for the ming of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god and indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Before we get started i would like to recognize just a couple of people in the audience and i know the first couple, they have been terrific supporters and that would be congressman gallegly and his wife. [applause] as well we have another couple that is here with us, much is a greatness that you see here at the Reagan Library and also new Institute Office that we opened in washington, d. C. Has been made possible through generosity and i wanted po point them out brie
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