he also served as our, we were calling him -- he was a cink in the pacific region. he served in senior positions at the joint staff, at the nsc. everyone knows admiral blair as a thinker and doer. a soldier and a diplomat. and i'm thrilled to be able to have him co-chair one of our major initiatives on, at the defense. in addition to that is a bio is in everyone's handouts will not go into that integrates specificity, but he is totally chairman of the board and ceo of sasakawa, which is a u.s.-japan entity. we are thrilled, delighted. thank you, admiral blair, for taking time to join us today. thank you. [applause] >> this is my cyber day. i was down this one at the naval academy with an advisory panel on their new cyber center, cyber major. it's wonderful to see the next generation coming along. part of my ambition is never to be part of the meeting on cyber and which i'm the youngest person in the room, and i think i can achieve that. thanks to thos those of you ours shall be endured to show up at this point in a daylong conference. and generally everything has be