let me say how pleased i am to have this opportunity to work with jim steinberg. forlives have intertwined 35 years, 30 years. he's held up a lot better than i mostand i've watched him of my professional career and it's a pleasure that we have a chance to be partners. partnering in washington and its a real privilege. i look forward to much more to come. it's a real honor to welcome someone as distinguished as secretary sherman. but get this going for real. thank you all for coming. >> thanks to everybody here for this market will partnership. it has been a tremendous opportunity for all of us and it's great to be part of the initial family in this wonderful facility. it has started off so well and we have so much to do in the future. i want to thank all her friends that are here for this very important conference trying to understand the domestic political environment and others involved in the project. i am especially honored and pleased to be here to introduce the under secretary for political affairs, and our speaker this afternoon. as john said, there are a l