mr. mckeown. please help me welcome mr. mckeown. [applause] >> one program note. mr. mckeown has kindly agreed to hang around for a few questionses after he is done and i'll try to moderate that and no doubt take the moderator's prerogative and ask the first question. mr. mckeown? >> thank you for the introduction. turn it on? does that work better? for years, the american intersurprise institute has been leading voice for defending the pros parity borders of this great republic. it has been said that you put the tank into think tank. i would like to thank you for the defending defense project that you mentioned. there is probably nothing more important now than that endeavor that you are engaged in. with the world growing more uncertain and volatile, the expert's that you provide is a critical factor in this national debate. 10 years ago, 19 terrorist hijackers slipped past our defenses and changed the world. 10 years have passed since that event. we have seen a lot of reminders over the last few days of what happened. i was asked by a reporter this morning what i was