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I am your host, Hank Smith. I am here with my illustrious co-host, John by the way. Hello, John.

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for you to rate and review the podcast that really helps us out. So, John, another week and another

expert in church history. So tell us who we have here. It's great. I'm so delighted to be here.

This thing has changed my doctrine and covenants. I thought I'd read it before, but it's just a

blessing for us to be here and to have Dr. Kenneth L. Alfred here. Let me read what I've got here

after serving almost 30 years on active duty in the United States Army. Brother Alfred retired

as a colonel in 2008 while on active military duty can serve in numerous assignments, including

the Pentagon, eight years teaching computer science and information systems engineering,

at the US Military Academy at West Point, and four years as a professor of behavioral science

and department chair at the National Defense University in Washington, DC.

After serving in the England Bristol mission with my sister-in-law, he earned a Bachelor of Arts

degree in political science from Brighamming University and Master of Arts and International Relations

from the University of Southern California and Master of Computer Science from the University of

Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a PhD in Computer Science from George Mason University.

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