press in kyrgyzstan. and the previous -- the only printing press previously had been run by the president's son-in-law. so on certain days newspapers didn't get printed in kyrgyzstan. and we were going to cut the ribbon on it that day, beth and i. and we went before that ceremony to central asia university, which is probably one of the most prestigious universities in the region. and our ambassador there said to us at the time, they're going to hammer on palestine, iraq, afghanistan, et cetera, et cetera. and we walked in the room, and we never got a question on palestine or iraq or afghanistan. all people wanted to know about was, why are you doing this. this is an ally of the u.s. you're using our air base. i walked out as we were walking out, i said to beth, you know, we could have spent millions of dollars on some public relations campaign in this country. but instead we're spending $750,000 on this printing press. and that's what people wanted to talk about. and what i found in those years was what w