please give a warm welcome to the acting administrator, teresa robbins. [applause] teresa: i appreciate that. is that too loud? i always have to throw in support for my all in tears in tennessee, so sorry about that. -- for my volunteers in tennessee so sorry about that. good afternoon everyone. it is so good to see so many people here in person. it is a distinct pleasure to be here this afternoon, representing the national nuclear safety -- nuclear security administration. i want to give a shout out to all of you here. 2024 was an exceptional year for nnsa. many of you played a key role in making that happen. we should all recognize the accomplishments of nnsa in 2024. [applause] i will start my comments by discussing the current global environment and its impact on our mission. then i will go through accomplishments in detail and updates over the last year that demonstrate how we are adapting and tackling the changing landscape. this hat -- as has been the case for several years, we are confronted by an international security lengths tape -- internationa

so please give a warm welcome to acting administrator teresa robbins. [applause] [applause] >> those who know me, such a loan? i always have to throw in support for my volunteers in tennessee so sorry about that. thank you dj for that introduction. good afternoon everyone. it is so good to see so many people here and in person. so many friendly faces. it's actually distinct pleasure to be here this afternoon represent the national nuclear security administration. i want to start the shout out to all of you here. 2024 was an exceptional year for nnsaf. many of you played a key role in making that happen. and so i just think we should all recognize the accomplishments in 2024. well done. [applause] i will start my comments by discussing the current global market i will go to those in detailed updates on the last or how we are adapting and tackling the changing landscape. as is been the case for the leftovers were confronted by international nuclear security landscape that presents significant frequent overlapping challenges. i often say these are unpreced