Good evening. Welcome to the Elliot School. And to this beautiful Conference Venue that we have available to us this evening. My name is ambassador laura holegate, here at the Elliot School. Emphasis on the visitor part. Im not here very often. But its a super treat to be here this evening to have a chance to introduce a true hero from our National Security community. And youve all seen his biography in the title of this evenings talk of a discussion on an intelligence career. And its hard to imagine anyone more suited to the topic of a career in intelligence than mr. James clapper. And its a great treat to have him here this evening. As you can see from his background, hes had over five years of experience in the Intelligence Community. In the military side, on the civilian side, inside and outside government, and overseas, as well. And maybe its not listed in his bio, but maybe someone can ask him a question to tell you about his 2014 visit to north korea. To rescue a couple of ameri