My dear friend, Elizabeth Alexander -- hey.

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But of all of them I've felt particularly privileged to work with my long-time dear friend and colleague, and your great secretary of Treasury Robert Rubin, who will be remembered as the president said so well, as one of the most successful and influential secretaries of the treasury in all American history.

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And I also want to thank my girl Gabrielle Union -- (applause) -- absolutely -- and of course, my dear friend Marc Anthony for their wonderful remarks today. (Applause.) I know they're around here somewhere -- there they are.

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