thank you james, thank you, jay, thank you paul eldridge for taking the gavel for a little while. we have depth and bench on this team at colorado christian university and the western conservative summit. for the entrust of the next main speaker let me welcome the honorable ambassador marilyn ware. >> thank you. i do want to comment post-script. it took me 42 years to get there to the embassy. so remain resilient and determined in what you believe. john, good to be with you and bill and eleanor armstrong, summit friends, all of us it will be my pleasure and will be yours i'm certain to introduce kt mcfarland who is a foreign affairs expert and national security expert. just by way of background you should know that kt worked in security positions for three presidents, for nixon, ford, and ronald reagan. she and i had a breakfast meeting this morning and we both commented ronald reagan's foresight and vision and the encouragement that she got in those early posts were what put her on the track that has made her a great american. those are my words, not hers. in addition, in today's