speakers to help us understand the nature of the threat posed by the bureaucratic dictatorship in tirana and propose viable policy options in that regime. without further ado, we will get to those speakers. the first will be the hon. michael. he was the 81st attorney general. he was appointed u.s. district court by president ronald reagan in 1988 and served until 2006. in the last 60 years -- years he was a chief judge. >> thanks for that introduction. i want to thank executive action as well. for organizing this symposium. and for giving me the privilege of this microphone at this time. this is one of those moments in history where we know that teacher generations are going to ask what we did to events in good can resist evil. they will ask that, because this is a time when they threaten to destroy civilization as we know it. at the center of the threat, the regime in control in tehran threatens people. the world a large must be concerned as they develop nuclear weapons. the question that we have to ask ourselves is what have we done and what are we doing to bring about the only end to