government best continue to support regional and international efforts toward peace and stability in the African Great Lakes Region With that let me turn to Senator Corker for his opening remarks Introduction of...colleague Russ Feingold During his eighteen years in the Senate he served on and led the African Affairs Subcommittee and we look...

of U S embassies in every region are led not by a Senate confirmed Ambas sador but by a charge d affaires Our embassies are being led by dedicated personnel who are doing a fantastic job and I am proud...we stand in the appropriations process to date with Senator Coons being the new chairman of the Subcommittee on Appropriations Second investing in...

of the ranking member and others that we have a subcommittee hearing interestingly 11 to be chaired by Senator Perdue and Senator Kaine But a subcommittee hearing to go 12 through this GAO report and just...they are so serious and we have the 12 different considerations in the State Department s foreign affairs manual laying out 13 exactly what...

Unfortunately we have been unable to move forward with a number of nominations hearings at the subcommittee level because we have had no Republican who has stepped up to serve as the ranking member And...or ranking member is an expectation for members of this committee particularly those who are in subcommittee leadership positions Given the number...

National Security Council first as Director of Soviet Affairs under President George H W Bush and later as Senior Director for Russia Ukraine and Eurasia Affairs under President Clinton VerDate Mar 15 2010 09...Article 5 for the first time in its history He later served as Under Sec retary of State for Political Affairs the highest ranking Foreign...

of Labor And finally for the position of Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs we have Mr Ramin Toloui as nominee Mr Toloui is professor of the practice for international fi nance...would like to start with the nominee to be Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs This position links America s...

introduction of Vicki Kennedy today At this point the hearing of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs will come to order and I would like to recog nize the ranking member Ron Johnson who...it so because your assignments are incredibly impor tant which is why I do not always come to subcommittee hearings But I want to come to this...

DIPLOMACY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN THE IMPORTANCE OF U S ENGAGEMENT HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRANSNATIONAL CRIME CIVILIAN SECURITY DEMOCRACY HUMAN RIGHTS AND GLOBAL...DAMIAN MURPHY Staff Director CHRISTOPHER M SOCHA Republican Staff Director JOHN DUTTON Chief Clerk SUBCOMMITTEE ON WESTERN HEMISPHERE...

investigations Sec 205 Commission on Reform and Modernization of the Department of State Sec 206 Foreign affairs training Sec 207 Security clearance approval process Sec 208 Addendum for study on foreign service...Collection analysis and dissemination of workforce data Sec 403 Centers of Excellence in Foreign Affairs and Assistance Sec 404...

colonel in 1997 During the Obama administration Ambassador Battle served as U S Ambassador to the African Union in Ethiopia He also served that administration as U S representative to the United Nations...Nations Economic Commission for Africa and as a senior adviser to the State Department s Bureau of African Affairs In addition to his government...