we are delighted to welcome the lovely colleen nunn who is with us this evening as well. schultz, secretary perry and senator nunn have all been involved in the making of a documentary film, together with ploushers fund, and it's called the nuclear tipping point which profiles their efforts to reduce nuclear weapons and is available on the stanford program on international and cross-cultural education at spice.stanford.edu. we are also so pleased this evening to welcome phillip taubman. he previously spent 30 years as a "new york times" correspondent specializing in national security issues. his positions at the times bureau serving as both chiefs. mr. taubman is the author of the new book "the partnership by cold warriors and their threat to profile the bomb" which profiles the work of today's panelists. we are also pleased to welcomfe who is with us this evenglcome combination with phil [ applause ] >> thank you very much, gloria. it's a real privilege to be here tonight in the company of these distinguished statesmen, and it is so heartening, i can't tell you, to see so

and we're delighted to welcome colleen nunn, as well. they have all been involved in the making of a documentary film. together with plow shares fund and it's called the nuclear tipping point, which profiles their efforts to reduce nuclear weapons and available through the stanford program on international and cross cultural education at spice.stanford.efrspice.stanfor. and our moderator, consulting professor at stanford university for international security and cooperation, and previously spent 30 years as a "new york times" correspondent specializing in national security issues. his positions at the times included serving as both washington and moscow bureau chiefs. he's the author of "the partnership, five cold warriors and their quest to ban the bomb," which profiles the work of today's panelists. we are also pleased to welcome fa lessty barringer, who is with us this evening. please welcome our guests. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, gloria. it's a real privilege to be here tonight in the company of these distinguished statesme