mickey gardner who is here and the other ambassador is ambassador david grose. he served in phil riveer's position in the previous administration. i think ambassador grose, perhaps, holds the record, but i may stand corrected, as the longest serving ambassador be in that position. and i keep emphasizing ambassador, because, david and i were actually former colleagues in a law firm, and it's always exciting when he became ambassador grose, but shortly after he left, i thought maybe he would just be, you know, plain, old david again, but he quickly informed me that once you have been an ambassador, dick, and if this isn't right, i want you to tell me. he said once you hold that title, that you are ambassador for life. so every year when i do my holiday cards i have to remember, you know, it's just ambassador grose, because he told me about that as he was walking out the state department door that last time. yeah. okay. david says it was his wife. but we're privileged to have both of these ambassadors with us here today. okay. is there a last question? it's over he

italian city of naples where hundreds of protesters attempted just storm a local tax office that sounds grose own future again descends into doubt over greece sticking to the harsh plan to dig it out of debt party leaders are in a last ditch effort to form a coalition following last sunday's inconclusive election if they fail it would mean going back to the polls in a few weeks political and strategic analyst a doctor of the song says it's not just protests we're seeing in europe it's a revolution. it is very clear that this financial assault is like an artichoke first you start with the weakest states and then you go to the heart and the heart is from germany and the other aaa reserves already hit you know the bottom and very soon other countries will do the same because it's not just working class it's really middle middle class which will be squeezed without any picture for the sake of these financial interests and this is something which goes against the grain of democracy and begins to grain of dignity and freedom so i think that the situation at least in some countries is really ready f