ambassador gilbert a. robinson was coordinator of the american national exhibition in moscow where he brought together vice president nixon and russian premiere nikita khruschev in what you will note as the famous kitchen debate. currently chairman of new realm investments llc, president of garr ink, a firm advising companies on international trade. from 1998-2003, he was national director and chief operating officer for the center of the study of the presidency here in washington. from 1983-1985, he served as special advisor for public diplomacy to secretary of state george schultz. in february of 1981, president ray gain appointed him as deputy director of the united states information agency. we are very grateful to have you here and for your public service. tanya sochurek one of the guides at the moscow exhibition stationed in the model home. which you will learn much more about shortly. besides representing the face of america, she became one of the main faces that americans at home saw in coverage of the exhi