welcome daniel poneman. [applause] >> thank you jane. the rocket man movie did ignite two of my great passions which are talking to smart people like jane harman and rock 'n roll so was a great pleasure. i have to acknowledge jane and your incredible record of public service in the congress and its always the pleasure to work with you and now on this critically important time in the place which is where great dots on policy unite in practical efforts to confront our greatest challenges and i have to add a personal note. i guess i have known robert litwak for 40 years or so. not only were we roommate at harvard we were at london and the international force for human studies and when he was working with me at the national security council rob played a critical role in getting the nuclear nonproliferation treaty extended in 1995 without which we would not have the book that we are about to describe in terms of stopping it. because i do have a day job which is not my scholarly job i am compelled to put up, i'm not compelled to read out loud