 We have been having meetings and planning going on. I want to tell you, if you ever have a chance to go on a golfing weekend, do it. Because it's so great when at 2.30 in the morning, they pass you on the shoulder and say, get up and come out in the other room with a guy. The next day, I think it was later than that. A little later than that. No, seriously. You all know the situation and what's been going on and the data and concerns that we've had for a long time and about that whole country's human connection. Now go over 12 or 13 to keep things straight. Bishop Ryan was on house arrest. Then a crowd estimation of 10,000, which is one tenth of the whole country's population arrived at that house in support of him. And that crowd was fired upon by the people who had arrested Bishop. They really left us thugs. And they took him and his cabinet prisoners. They later executed him and several of his cabinet members. They fired into the crowd to kill people, including children. There is the only sentence of law on the island is a 24-hour curfew with orders to shoot on site. And we have about 1,000 Americans there. Several hundred of them are in the St. George Medical School. Medical schools. They have been confined to the school by the authorities for safety because of this curfew. The Grenada and five other countries in the eastern Caribbean are members of a thing called the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States. And they met several days ago, maybe they've been meeting longer than that, with the exception of Grenada because it has no government to speak of. These nations then appealed, all of them are former colonies of Great Britain. They then appealed to Jamaica and Barbados to join them with whatever military forces they could put together to restore order and to protect their own people on the island of Grenada. Before this ever happened, and before we ever knew that anyone else was interested in this, we had to force the rotation force of Marines on its way in a hotel on the coast to Beirut. We had diverted that, turned that force, to go into the area and simply stand by someplace within immediate range of peace we had to make an immediate evacuation of our Americans. But on October 23rd, we got a request from the OECD, a request. It was an urgent plea to join them because these countries have lived so peacefully, one of them doesn't have any military, two of them don't have any military at all, and the others just have a few. But they had joined together, they asked these other two, and then this group, OECD, plus Jamaica and Barbados, made this urgent plea to the United States to join them in a joint effort to restore order to Grenada. We define this hard to believe that with all of these early morning meetings and everything else, we have managed to keep something in the administration from leaking. And at 5.15 this morning, the Joint Force landed at two spots on Grenada. The paratroopers in the South Marines and other multiple forces in the North secured both airports, they're eight miles apart, the one to the south tip of the island and then the operational one, the one with the Cubans in the buildings up further north. Both airports are under our control. We have secured the school for the safety of the people. There is now firing and combat going on. There have been casualties, they've been evacuated to the USS Juan. We don't, we're going to see if we've got any update on reports here in a minute and have others talk to you. But it was our feeling in making this decision and believe me, it wasn't easy and certainly in the face of what had happened in Lebanon to order a thing of this kind. But first of all is our consideration for our own people. And second was once this urgent plea had come to us, none of us believed that there was any way that the United States could say no to that without in the eyes of the world revealing that when the ships were down, we backed away. And I don't know what credibility we would have in the Middle East or any place else if we had done it. We believe we've done the right action. We hope we'll be shortly out of that. All the way to the operation a short time ago, I appeared before the press and the chairman of the OECD, Mr. Charles, is also the prime minister of, I say Dominican, she calls her Dominica. But anyway, she is here and she appeared with me before the press a short time ago in her own explanation of these people. This was done legally in connection with the treaty. The OECD, all of them having been freed as colonies at the same time, have a treaty of mutual assistance to each other. And they think of themselves as relatives, as they're all the same people under these different titles on these different islands. And it was on this basis that they took the action that they took. And I'll probably think of some other things I wanted to say, but I better turn it over now. Where's Buds here? And Caps here? And Gorge is here? And is the general here? Eric, sitting there in the lobby. Yeah. First we have here Mr. Fred DeBeau who is again in this whole race and put it on. Next is John Paul Cruz. Hello. Well, John. Listen, I have the greatest admiration for what you did. Thank you. It was wonderful to see you. You've done a lot for a lot of people. And I'll keep it up. And now Mr. Rod Dixon. Want to mention it? Yes. I do. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Thank you. Unfortunately it wasn't American this year, but it's nice that somebody else from another country can. Because I'm the first foreigner to ever win it. So we've had a good monopoly on that. And we took the earth. You'll come away from here. For our sending cup, somebody's got to be American. Down on that. Well, it's just fine. Thank you very much. What are you going to talk? Yes, it certainly does. And I love your country. And I think it's just one of the nicest days I've ever had. So exciting. They're great countries. People in New York are fabulous people, in spite of what everybody says about New York. They have the right place. Thank you very much. Next, Mr. President, I'm glad to wait until you might last for me. Yes. He's winning this event. I'm very glad to start making my speech. Well, congratulations. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Greatest husband, Jack. Hello there. Wait a minute. Gretta. Gretta. Gretta. I think we ought to have a family picture. We have one more in the family. Actually, I got Gretta's brother here. Oh. We'll get a picture now with you and the winners. Oh, all right. Yeah. Excuse me. Excuse me. Sorry. Thanks, Bryce. I have a hand to get people. Yeah. One is Fred here? Fred is the non-looking runner. All the others look like half of us. That's great. I was saying, I wondered very well. I'd just like to have you as the president trained you for the New York City map on t-shirt for the next year. Oh, well. I used to run the 440 yards, which I guess is now mainly the 400 meters, and along about the 300 mark, I used to think that I'd never finish. I just can't fathom 26 miles. Oh, it seems like someone's moving the finish line back as you get closer to it. Yes, I was hoping they would move it back because I could see that I may not make it in time, but I made it with 385 yards. Well, congratulations to you. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you. Mr. President, you are very successful here. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Now I'm going to get a picture of your White House staffers that successfully completed this race. Rick? Mr. President or Rick Neal? Oh, yes. Hi. How are you, sir? Fred Ryan. You're right here. Fred, take a picture of the photo. Thank you. Hi, Mr. President. Now I forgot my medal this time. You stayed the course? Yes, sir. 26 miles over there. I didn't know we were doing anything around here to keep someone in condition for that, but it was great to see you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I was so brief. He completed America. Really? And when he shook his hand and took his honor, I know from having all his life to be in those questions, I was feeling an honor. You're not embracing strong therm. Strong? Well, I'm going to call it a down. No, that's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. Chairman. I'm glad to hear that. You wouldn't know it from the people in our home field. S.N.S.A. and the Black Coast. They are consigned by Lebanon. Well, you know, this is surprising. When you get to the grassroots, it's going to pop back. I told this yesterday that from Oregon, what he was going to call it, that we're coming in with 10 to 1 favorable on Grenada. Oh. It allows over the networks last night to see them deliberately find all the people they could find who would complain. And then the true Port Belka wallop in there is the only voice that set a sentence of support. That was the proof they were fair. Well, I know what you're in here for. The crime legislation. Our baby told me that it got the core issue. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. We're built a long time ago. You know, I think that in today's climate everyone would have been reluctant to be that extravagant. That's right. Who's office不好意思. You know, or really something. The eighth floor of the safe department building it shakes up as a nicer and nicer. Two rooms that are allocated for small reception of luncheons at stuff like that that I have. I've just been restored by Conger and his taxpayer donation approach, and they're quite loved to go into his name for Madison and the other from Monroe, and they have period furniture that's just stunning, so it's a great worth it, I'm sure you've seen them. You go through before you go into that very large room where things were set into hell. The large room is going to be closed, and that's going to be rejected.