o god, whose mercies cannot be ourered, except -- accept prayers on behalf of of benjamin and grant him the land of light and joy and the fellowship of thy saints, through jesus christ thy son and lord, who reigns with you and your spirit as one got now and forever. amen. deal graciously with benjamin's family and friends in their grief. surround them with your love that they might not be overwhelmed by their loss, but have confidence in your goodness and strength to meet the days to come, through jesus christ our lord. amen. mr. vice president, mr. justice, mr. secretary, reverend clergy, sally, members of the bradlee gentlemen,ies and how lucky were we? this is washington, the city of big reputations. some of those reputations get and then was responsible for more than a few of those punctures. this is a very large building, but everyone in it, those people whose enormous reputations are undeserved -- [laughter] -- we knew somebody much better than his very large reputation. even braver, even smarter, much more fun. he had his faults, and if my mother katharine graham were still here,