mr. waller currently is a defense analyst for bloomberg government. he has served in "time" magazine's washington bureau and has worked for "newsweek" as well, the spymaster who created the us, and modern american espionage is the eighth book he authored or co-authored. please welcome mr. douglas waller. thanks, stu. it's a delight to be back here or at hyde park. i spent two years researching the biography because there are a considerable amount of oss records in the archives and robert clark who was a chief arcivist, i made his life miserable for two weeks bugging him with questions and then he made the mistake of giving me his e-mail address and for the next two years i hit him with question after question. i want to tell you about general "wild bill "candida" donovan. he was roosevelt's top spymaster. he a former, went into the administration and a republican wall street lawyer, a hero in world war i. he had been awarded the congressional medal of honor in that war and he was a national celebrity when he joined the administration. his relationship

mr. secretary. [applause] i now am going to turn things over to mayor brian waller from new jersey because he is the person responsible for our next special guest that he's going to introduce and give a proper introduction to. >> thank you, mayor plead doe. it gives me great pleasure on behalf of the residents of the sixth congressional district and the dais to introduce the congressman represents our two towns, especially after redistricting. and congressman pallone's a 12-term congressman who serves on the energy committee. >> correct. >> and congressman pallone has been a leader on the environment for all those years and, also, on the energy issues and is at the forefront with our home state senator, senator menendez, in fighting for the energy block grant program which many of the towns across this dais here today were able to receive direct-funded grants for energy assistance and direct block grants. so, with that, i'd like to thank congressman pallone for spending some time down here with the united states council of mayors. and with that, we're going to get you the mic over here. >> thank you