conversation shortly thereafter with president bush, she referred to the two of us as twiddle dum and tweedle dee. [laughter] larry and i would argue for years about who was which. [laughter] that same trip, we met with chancellor kohl and looked out at the rhine. i watched in off as coal and larry, between them, the art and entire platter of huge german pastries and made history as they did so. the only person even more independent-minded than larry was marlene. i will never forget him telling me that mrs. reagan frown on marlene wearing pants is however elegant to white house dinners. you can only imagine both larry's and marlene's reaction to that. for all the wit and foibles that were so endearing, larry was a brilliant, blunt spoken, hard- headed realist and a lifelong defender of our country and its interests. america will miss the diplomat and of the national security legend. larry's friends will forever missed the man. >> i want to think the eagleburger family, scott, and, jason, for the invitation to share some observations about the uninsured and diplomat, not only on my own behalf,