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Phones were all theho rage. [laughter] facebook was founded the world war ii memorial was dedicated, george w. Bush was reelected president. Major League Baseball retur to washington as the Washington Nationals. [applause] fast forward 15 years the Washington Nationals are in the world series. [applause] and David Rubenstein is back as we all know cofounder as well as chairman of the board or the boards of trustees of the jfk center for performing arts. The Smithsonian Institution and the council on Foreign Relations and we all know he is a engaged in many many many other philanthropic activities too numerous to mention. David co ....