commission, i'm happy and pleased that tonight we have with us three commissioners, chairman rocco sicilianio from beverly hills, california, commissioner alfred godelburg from new york city and commissioner susan baines harris from washington, d.c. i see around the room other distinguished supporters of the eisenhower legacy and the president and general's memorialization. i regret that there isn't time to recognize more of you. i would like to thank the archivist of the united states for adding this evening's event to the memorialization of this great general and this great president. as someone that dabbled in history for a period of time, i think of the archivist of the united states as the keeper of the nation's memory, and if you will, of its identity. the participation of the national archiveand of that special outlier unit in abilene, the great library that karl weisenbach leads so effectively, is a huge fundamental contribution to us being able to look to the future and the continuing first class reinterpretation of the eisenhower legacy through the decades and centuries. as we move