. >> hinojosa: they don't know you as lisa halaby, the woman who you were. you were growing up as an american girl, and i think one of the things that people are fascinated by about you is the fact that you actually... you could make this decision to say, "i was lisa... i am, or was lisa halaby, an american girl, but i could also be this, i could also be royalty of someplace else." this ability to basically say, "i could be someone else," change your identity, is really quite extraordinary. >> well, first of all, it was my husband who changed the identity in the way you described it, with a title, et cetera. i grew up as a young girl in this country of arab heritage, and very interested in my arab roots through my father's side. but i grew up... he worked for president kennedy, for example, as his federal aviation administrator, and actually reached the highest level of a minority, i believe, in the us government at that stage. and so i grew up wanting... infused by the spirit of the kennedy administration, of the civil rights movement, of the peace corps. m