so we are very pleased to have a neil eggleston with us. again, this was the president's commission on election. the president came up and appointed his commission and happy to have your in love to hear from you. >> so thank you very much and thanks to bob and ben as well into the bipartisan policy center for this. i always whenever i see bob i think to myself that it's clear that i wouldn't be white house counsel without bob's support. and there are many days i thank them for that and many days i curse him for that. [laughter] so it's great to be here and next to bob. so thank you very much for that kind introduction. it's a great pleasure obviously for me to be here today. this is a matter, issue of imports to me and it's a matter of significant importance to the president. and i know it's important to everyone in this room. first i want to take a moment to thank the bipartisan policy center, both for hosting this retrospective and for taking initiative to assist the presidential commission on election administration in working with state

we have neil eggleston who will be with

neil eggleston session. as i mentioned, neil was the white house counsel, previously served as associate counsel in the clinton administration. also is assistant attorney in the southern district on your end formally a law partner. so we are very pleased to have a neil eggleston with us. again, this was the president's commission on elections. the president came up and appointed his commission and happy to have your in love to hear from you. neil: so thank you very much and thanks to bob and ben as well, into the bipartisan policy center for this. i always -- whenever i see bob i think to myself that it's clear that i wouldn't be white house counsel without bob's support. and there are many days i thank them for that and many days i curse him for that. so it's great to be here and next to bob. so thank you very much for that kind introduction. it's a great pleasure obviously for me to be here today. this is a matter and issue of imports to me and it's a matter of significant importance to the president. and