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[applause] welcome, michael. How many people here have been here all day . [applause] very impressive. How many people came just to hear michael . Okay. My wife is here. Im sure she did. [laughter] one of the countrys most distinguished most respected and most admired president ial historians and let me tell you a little bit about the background before we talk about presidency and latest book president s of war, highly recommend and we will go through that, michael is native of chicago area, he went to williams where he came under the influence of a famous historian and subsequently went to Harvard Business school, after Harvard Business school he did not go to private equity which he should have done, higher calling. David it did it the right way, he was inclined to history, 30year hes historian for nbc and youve probably seen him many times on television. Why did you de ....