well, good afternoon, everyone. my name is chuck deaver. i'm a vice president. the texas public policy foundation. and we're delighted to have you here with us for a fascinating discuss lesson about the use of poisons in national policy. this is something that as a now retired u.s. army intelligence officer i was certainly aware, but until i read this book, i had no idea scale that these poisons were deployed by the former soviet union and today's successor state the russian federation as as nations like the people's republic of china and north korea. and so it's great honor to have ...