[inaudible conversations] i was about to say how special this night is but you all beat me to it which is great. Welcome, my name is steve, executive director of John F Kennedy Library Foundation and on behalf of all the colleagues in the library, we are thrilled you can be here. All of our forums are great but tonight is really a treat because the speakers who are here, its also the beginning of the John F Kennedy centennial weekend and we planned this months ago and we literally thought who would be the best pair above speaker and moderator we could get for this historic time and this is what weve gotten so we are thrill that had they are both here. [applause] before i introduce them, a few brief announcements. First i want to thank underwriters and responsors, the lead sponsor, bank of america, bill and andrea low that with here tonight and media responsor for centennial bbc t we are kicking off cep centennial and theres information and over the next few days opportunity of seeing n
[inaudible conversations] i was about to say how special this night is but you all beat me to it which is great. Welcome, my name is steve, executive director of John F Kennedy Library Foundation and on behalf of all the colleagues in the library, we are thrilled you can be here. All of our forums are great but tonight is really a treat because the speakers who are here, its also the beginning of the John F Kennedy centennial weekend and we planned this months ago and we literally thought who would be the best pair above speaker and moderator we could get for this historic time and this is what weve gotten so we are thrill that had they are both here. [applause] before i introduce them, a few brief announcements. First i want to thank underwriters and responsors, the lead sponsor, bank of america, bill and andrea low that with here tonight and media responsor for centennial bbc t we are kicking off cep centennial and theres information and over the next few days opportunity of seeing n