my friend, mike allen, will be giving framing remarks, then we will hear from congressman rogers. careerarted his after law school. he worked for president bush in the white house national security area. thethree years, he was staff correct her. i cannot think of a better person to introduce our key note speaker than mike allen. thanks for organizing such a great event. it is an honor for me to introduce my former boss and future national security leader, mike rogers, former congressman and chair of the national intelligence committee. i want to speak by way of introduction about chairman .ogers' time he was a strong, conservative voice for a conservative internationalism. and ang national defense aggressive in fair intelligence community. he was once a man in the field as an fbi agent. he knew what it was like to be be at the camp fire, to the tip of the spear. he brought those instincts back to washington. when i was hissed after actor, staff when i was his director, and chairman rogers had a reputation for jumping on ranges and going down where our intelligence community office