mr. kerlikowske was introduced by a former defense undersecretary. >> good morning, everyone.welcome to csi sp at an kathleen hicks, i and international security program here and it's my great pleasure to be were introduced in our speaker today and are discussing the lot with him. first of course is the honorable gil kerlikowske, who is here as the commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection, sworn in and large. mr. kerlikowske has an extensive history within mod worsening community and of course now he runs the largest law enforcement -- federal law-enforcement agency in the country and we are very much looking forward to his remarks this morning. customs and border protection has been very much in the news of late and he is going to have some good questions put forth to him by her discussant, adam isles come in managing director chertoff grew up in us had plenty of his own experience over the years on homeland security. so without further ado, let me turn it over to commissioner kerlikowske and let him get his remarks. >> thank you very much, kathleen. it is a great p