drove the administration's effort from the balkans to the middle east to northern ireland, mayor eritrea, to ethiopia, burundi and ecuador, to south ecuador and south asia. in his post-presidency, he continues to champion a world where interdependence works to everyone's advantage and those who are blessed with the benefits of today do more to spread the benefits and strengthen the burdens. the success of our work is measured by a single question -- are we better off now than when we started? 15 years after dayton, we know the answer in bosnia to the question is yes. ladies and gentlemen, i am honored to introduce william jefferson clinton [applause] sahar>> thank you very much. please be seated. thank you very much. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you and thank you sandy for the introduction. i would like to thank a number of people. first, i would like to thank the leaders from the region who have come here who will be represented on the second panel and whom i will introduce later. i want to thank all those here who served in the administration during those early turbulent days