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[inaudible conversations] well, were going to move straight on. Im very, very pleased to introduce our panel on discalling [inaudible] you know, sometimes when youre organizing a nabe conference and panel, its like bringing friends together. And this is one case like that. We have real friends of nawe on the dais today. I wont belabor their introductions, but were very pleased to have Doug Elmendorf with us today, isas all of you know, past director of the cbo. Hes been in front of us many times, we always find his views and positions extremely enlightening. Its wonderful to have doug is us. A...

About the federal budget, the deficit and the debt. I am very pleased to introduce our panel. You know, some times its like bringing friends together this is one case like that. We have real friends today. So i wont belabor their introductions but this is dean of the kennedy school, professor of public policy. As all of you know past director of the cvo. We always find his views and positions extremely enlightning. It is wonderful to have doug with us and glenn who is dean of the sorry, dean and Russell Carlson professor and is the past chair of the cea under george w. Bush. Finally we have ou...

About the federal budget, the deficit and the debt. I am very pleased to introduce our panel. You know, some times its like bringing friends together this is one case like that. We have real friends today. So i wont belabor their introductions but this is dean of the kennedy school, professor of public policy. As all of you know past director of the cvo. We always find his views and positions extremely enlightning. It is wonderful to have doug with us and glenn who is dean of the sorry, dean and Russell Carlson professor and is the past chair of the cea under george w. Bush. Finally we have ou...

And, actually, whats surprising about it is how this story was very well known in its day, in 1836 when Washington Irving was commissioned by John Jacob Astor to write the story of these events 20 years after they occurred. Irvings book, also called astoria, was a best seller of 1836. And those events have been largely forgotten in the american consciousness. I think you in oregon know a little bit more about them, or im sure some of you know a lot more about them. But in the national consciousness, theyre largely forgotten except among historians and people who really follow western history. ...

Go to the desk. Go in, go look at the art. Be in that museum. Flood the place. Start with that, and then the next thing is find out why you cant get on public wifi in this building. Thank you. Okay. [laughter] thank you, professor wallace. I also want to thank professor hendricks, professor cobb, professor marc lamont hill, and as importantly, want to thank all of you for attending here today. Certainly your comments, your attendance, your participation is fantastic. Thank you very much, well be having another panel coming up in about 20 minutes and have a great rest of the day. Thank you now....