so please join me to welcome bruce bechtol. [applause] >> as bruce said we have been friends for a very long time and i have a great deal of respect for his analysis. in fact,, i can tell you that his analysis of a new missile division in north korea is sexually quoted in my book which is an analysis prepared here at heritage. thank you for having me here today and allow me to get my research out there i am most grateful to you for that. my book is dedicated to my wife a and daughter and if you don't know me personally to had a quadruple heart bypass in october then my wife and daughter push me to finish the book period yeah, yeah of the living room and into the office. it is dedicated to them and next-to-last i'd like to think the state university where i came here from which was the fourth year in a row making predestines best only one of three of the public universities is in texas to be named so and we are proud with what we give our students also figure for coming to hear both real and not consider my ranting but i am happy