[applause] >> thank you, president knapp.anks to you, general petraeus, for your service and for being our first honored guest at the national churchill library and center. we are the first research facility in the nations capital devoted to the study of winston churchill. here, students, scholars and visitors have access to substantial and growing collection of primary and secondary sources and interactive touchscreen exhibit an online access to the massive churchill archives housed at churchill college, cambridge. in the the months to come, art, artifacts and other historical treasures will be on display. so for the development of the library, one might say, this is not the end. [laughter] it doe is not even the beginninf the end. [laughter] but it is perhaps the end of the beginning. the in the lc is not just a place for study but also a venue for discussion and debate. through events such as this will library and center will be a form for the examination of both historical and contemporary problems through the prism of ch