gary shapiro, for the northern district of illinois, and christopher beech, deputy chief of the national security section of the u.s. attorney's office for the northern district of illinois. i'm also pleased to welcome northwestern university president, mr. shapiro, provost daniel windsor and his wife jennifer, and other northwestern university senior officers and deans and also many of the law schools and the university's distinguished alumni including members of the university's board of trustees and members of our law board. we're very pleased that you could join us. the students are at the center of everything we do here at northwestern university's law school and in that regard i want to give special thanks to general holder for meeting earlier this afternoon with a group of law students to discuss his career and his work on behalf of the department of justice. a distinguished lawyer and devoted public servant, attorney general eric holder has held a wide range of positions in his career as a federal prosecutor, united states attorney, a superior court judge, the justice department'