foundation and i would like to thank the white house historical association and he stephanie sale and jim si singleton. introducing our panel, our program and panelists tonight is andy card, acting dean of the bush school of government and public service, can we give him a whoop? >> whoop! >> mr. card was appointed in july of 2011. he is formally dean card served as chief of staff to george w. bush from 2000 to 2006, he was assistant to the president, deputy chief of the staff and the 11th secretary of transportation. thank you, sir. >> thank you. [ applause ] i'll give you a boston accented howdy. it's great to see you, and it is a spectacular program tonight and we appreciate warren finch welcoming us all here, yes i'm the acting dean of the bush school and the bush school at texas a and m, we are proud of our students and the performance of the graduates, because they earned a great reputation for the school. i'm not here to talk about the school, i'm here to pay praise to president bush and i appreciate him bringing his library and museum and creating the school here at texas a&m, but it's special