it has been for me a great treat, getting to see him in action and also to meet you, deaney, north carolinaith some of your grandchildren coming out of the easter egg -roll -- deaney, with some of their grandchildren coming out of the easter egg roll. i have been surprised and even amused talking to some of my former predecessors who are weak -- who are bewildered that we get along. and you say things like that is odd, as if i am somehow letting down my side. that i am not causing you as many problems as i can, try to push you off stage, as if that were possible. but i have been around this town for long enough to know it is an unfortunate historical precedent. when i became secretary, i was determined to do my part to change that. i like being on the american team. not the state department team, not the defense department team, i like being on the american team. when we take these positions and that oath of office, we pledge to be part of the american team. we will have different perspectives, the experiences that we bring to the table but we should walk out of those rooms determined to be