to my left is michael harris. he can out here from philadelphia. he is one of our investigators. he came a long way and has been a really helpful person for us. he has been a godsend in terms of his counsel and his intelligence and what he brings to the table with us. next to him as ms. woo, who came to us as a clerk and later was hired on as an investigator as well. curiosity and intelligence is what really separates her. she is in charge of handling a lot of our weightless. we currently have 3002 bunch of people on the list, and she is the one who sent it down for us to make a difference for those people. scott leon behind me. while being the best dressed member of our group at all times, is also our senior member who has been with us the longest. he is the guy who is basically the face of our enforcement. he is out there on the streets, in front of the companies, talking to them. my name goes out on the citations, but he is the one hand it to you. he is also the guy who does a lot of our audits, and everyone knows how difficult it is to sit would be comfortable putting him on

i now call upon the chairman of the national legislation counsel, michael harris, to lead us in the nationalegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indy -- indy visible with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you, mr. chairman. please cover. you may be seated. wisconsin endured the convention and grew up as a frontiersman from oklahoma. he now calls himself a resident of the last frontier and is helping push back the boundaries of this organization's work. as we explore the challenges presented by dramatically changing middle east, the growing number of women veterans and domestic economy in flux, our commander is calmly guiding through his words and actions. it is my pleasure to introduce from the department of alaska, the national commander of the american legion, jimmy foster. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] [applause] >> thank you, mr. chairman. throughout its long history, the american legion is blessed with outstanding leadership, and we are fortunate to have several of our most recent leaders here today

same intrinsically, i immediately felt an empathic thing and then harry's game came along, and at that stage, i was a firm fan. michaelen that there was a way of making this music, not popular, but making it accessible. orla fallon: i think clannad actually opened up the doors for an awful lot of performers to go around the world and sing because you made irish music very cool. donal lunny: irish tunes, you got the reel which is, it's a four-four thing so it's. and most rock music is. then you have the jig which would be. right. and then, when you got the slip jig, which i love. and that's three-three. like the jig is two-threes. which is. yeah. with the slip-jig it's like. you know? moya: that's what's yourself and andy brought in quite a bit to the irish music. christy moore: well i've heard different people talking about it over the years and describing when they first heard planxty that prior to that they had a very set view in their heads of what irish music was all about. but that with planxty that we came at it from a different kind of an angle. moya: planxty is a group formed in the 1970s from the same foundat