i am carol browner, a distinguished senior fellow, i never know if it is distinguished senior or seniordistinguished, here at the american center for progress and also a board member and i want to thank you all for joining us here today. i am very, very pleased to be joined by a friend and former colleague not once but twice chair of the council on environmental quality, nancy sutley. this is her last day in office and she has been very kind to give up her time because i know from experience checking out of the white house is not simple. they remove every ounce of identification they share with you and you wonder who you are by the end of it. but she is going to work on staying awake. what we are going to do is have a little bit of a conversation and then we will open it up. there are notecards are available to folks, so christine and others will be wandering around. please if you have any questions, share those in writing and we will be happy to take them. as i mentioned a little bit on the path i actually first met nancy 15 years ago, 2 20? when she joined at the environmental protect