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Commissioners of the Advisory Commission for Public Diplomacy, vice chairman bill hippel and commissioner weidner. Today we know under the offices of the Advisory Commission we called a Public Meeting to look at the question of the gpa, and state department, and the executive director, it is my honor to open this event. And for opening comments, i want to tell you how things will go today. And to principal speakers, they speak to the tagteam formation and at the end of their formation we will take your questions and comments. Please hold your questions and comments until they finish their presentation. For the moderated q and day session there will be a microphone. Please speak into the microphone, and your questions and answers are part of the transcript that will be part of public record. It is important to capture your question so we can reflect them accurately. It is my great pleasure to turn it over to the chairman. Thank you for the audience being here. The president of Public Di