my flame is michelle lacome. i'm a member of the civilian response corps. i want to know what your role is in the qdtr in the next few years. >> great question. is rick barton here? rick's right in front of me. we were so fortunate to recruit rick to be the first leader of the cso and i think his vision and what all of you are thinking through will answer that question. i want us to be able to deploy expertise in the form of americans both from the government, from the outside if appropriate but part of our network, to be on the ground, as i said in my remarks, doing what is necessary to protect us, promote our values and further our interests. and that's why this is so exciting because i can't standing here today tell you exactly all of the different roles and functions that cso will perform. it will -- it already does have a very tight partnership with counterparts and aid that we need to increase the flow of information and cooperation, but then going beyond that into the rest of the government. but i do know this, this was absolutely one of the most imp