Today, miss courtney ellwood, the president s nominee to be the next general counsel of the Central Intelligence agency. Courtney, congratulations on your nomination. Id like to recognize your husband john. John, wave your hand there. Thank you. Whos in attendance today and i thank you for the support you give to courtney. Courtney, you served the country with distinction in your Previous Post at the white house in the department of justice and we appreciate your continuing willingness to serve. Our goal in conducting the hearing to enable the committee to consider miss ellwoods qualifications and allow for thoughtful determination by our members. Shes already provided answers to 90 questions presented by the committee and its members. Today, of course, members will be able to ask additional questions and hear from miss ellwood in the open session. Courtney comes before the committee with a distinguished legal career. After graduating Yale Law School in 1994, courtney clerked for the u