i'm wallace levin. immediate past president of the commission. long time member of the commission. i have had the honor during the history of the commission to hold seat number 3 and originally that seat was for korean war veterans. and i left that seat and it's interesting this is the 60th anniversary of the start of the korean war, and i didn't leave the seat in honor of that, but i'm very happy that tony is going to, obviously, be appointed to this seat. this will be the first time anyone else has ever held this seat in the history of the commission, and i cannot think of a more qualified veteran to come on to the commission than tony. the reason that it's sort of ironic and important, as ulls old veterans move on, it's important to bring in new young veterans. he will be one of the, if not the youngest veteran on the commission. he will be the only iraq-afghanistan veteran on the commission. he will be the only member of the commission that is actively still involved with the military. so his ability to give needed input is extremely important. and i wanted to also say there wa