austen goolsbee and other life- threatening diseases agreed to finance this for a year now. you should be really proud of howard. every one of these schools including howard are committed to doing this work for three or four years for only seven percent overhead. the lowest in history of any foreign assistance programs. you should be proud. [applause] you will save countless for decades and decades. i am well aware that the commencement speech is the least important part of this day. i congratulate all of you who are here. your parents and your friends and your loved ones. thank you to those who taught a new mesh -- taught you. i remember who gave my commencement speech 45 years ago next month. i remember exactly what the speech was. we were like this on the lawn at georgetown. it started out to be a clear day. then a huge storm cloud came over. the lightning began to dance in the sky. a howard graduate, the mayor of washington, d.c., stood up at the podium and look at the sky and the students and said, congratulations. if we did not get out of here, we will all drown. [laug