[applause] >> thank you very much, chantal, thank you, and i only call chantal chantal and that way i don't have to practice her beautiful last name. [laughter] no, it really is a treat for me to be here, and i do very much appreciate the invitation and just snuck under the wire as we are concluding women's history month. so very glad to be here in the last, in the last few days of that month. and i'm told and i look around the room that there are people here that really represent various sectors of government and nonprofits as well as the private sector all with the threat of national security -- all with the thread of national security connecting us together. and be as you heard, i've been very pleased and privileged in my life to have had some of each of those in my background. plus you heard i've been involved with w.i.s.e. through the years, so it's especially a pleasure for me to be able to spend some time with you this afternoon. but as chantal said, the real honor of my lifetime came in lace december when i was -- in late december when i was sworn in as the 23rd secretary of t

chantal was an integral member. thank you indeed for joining us.plain, first of all, how you discovered it. >> everything started with an article that came in that we published our work. it is the revival of the plant out of a seed that was buried. then we contacted them to find out if we could collaborate them. we used it to try to see if it was possible to have a virus at all. >> were you worried when you did the revive it? >> we actually are using a very safe way to try to revive a virus without feeding on bacteria. those virus >> that is reassuring. presumably, as we humans dig deeper and with climate change there is the potential for more discovers, possibly viruses that could be risky to us? >> the point is we want to give to people who are actually awaiting those arctic regions. but the point is that we will have to find out. this is all the next step. meaning that now we want to assess the content of those to find out what is really in there. dna is a very safe way to access the information. >> and very pwrefpl, do you see a genuine benefit

i only called her chantal that way i don't have to practice her beautiful west main.[laughter] is a treat for me to be here and i appreciate the invitation and snuck in as we are concluding women's history month. so very glad to be here in the last few days. and i'm told when i look around the room that there are people here who really represent various sectors of the government and nonprofits as well as the private secto privar the threat of national security connecting us together. and as you heard, i have been very pleased and privileged in my life to have had some of those in my background. plus, you'v you heard i've been involved through the years. so it's especially a pleasure for me to be able to spend sometime with you this afternoon. but as she said of the honor of my lifetime came in late december when i was sworn in as the 23rd secretary of the air force, which is a huge privilege. i will tell you i've never worked harder than my mortgage rates now in my life, but what a privilege it is to serve alongside actually 690,000. we have been growing. 690,000 men