here is kendeigh kettleman. -- here is ken adelman.as giving a talk on northeast asia and the head of the foreign affairs committee in tokyo after my speech got up -- a wonderful japanese man -- after my speech he got up and he said, ambassador edelman, for your service to this free world and for your remarks today, you deserve much clap. [laughter] i told him, it was all right. of all the things the world, much -- of all the things in the world i wanted, much clout is not one of them. [laughter] i always think of the first commencement address that ronald reagan gave as president of the united states and it was at the eureka college. he was there a few months after he was shot and reagan came out and he thanked the president and the faculty for giving him an honorary degree, and then he said, it is wonderful to get an honorary degree from eureka college. to tell you the truth, i always thought the first grade i got was honorary as well. [laughter] and then he said, just, -- you know, i did not get great great year, but just the other

ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to ambassador ken adelman. [applause] >> thank you, do. that was a wonderful introduction. so much nicer than the introduction i had in indianapolis when i was in office and a fellow there from the rotary club said that i had been with ronald reagan for all these important things, i was in and out of the white house constantly, new everything that was happening, so he ended his introduction to me with a grand flourish. he said, listen up carefully and hear the latest doh from washington, ken adelman. [laughter] i remember i briefly served in the senate intelligence committee for about a year-and- a-half. this is one bill casey was the d.c.i. it was the forest for having selective fidelity in his presentations -- he was notorious for being selective fidelity and as presentation. the committee rig up a microphone that started all long descent and you -- and it came right here. you cannot possibly avoid it. what i like to talk about is the article that i read that talked about the actual record of the intelligence