I do not think anybody can say that the election in Iran represented the will of the Iranian people.

What Erdogan is doing is certainly not to the extent of what we have seen in Russia with Mr. Putin, but troubling nonetheless.

Our policy...is I think very much reflective of the views of people here in this body as well, which is verify, then trust, deeds not words.

I hope that we will continue to support the very positive progress that has been made between Serbia and Kosovo on settling their disagreements there.

I am going to begin with you and ask about Georgia.

And is that decision made in collaboration with any other Government agencies, with any other consideration of what diplomatic or strategic goals we might have around the world?

Thank you.

How do you determine what countries you are going to expand into?

I would like to continue the long tradition that we have in this subcommittee of working closely together, in a bipartisan way.

I have only one other area that I would like to explore, Dr. Billington and Mr. Dizard, and that has to do with an amendment that was added to this subcommittee's appropriation last year to try and expand the books for the blind and the…

one of the criticisms of the Open World program...was that this was a duplication of programs

I believe with strong oversight and by working together, we can achieve both.

I think of everyone on the subcommittee, only Senator Hoeven is returning.

Preserving these collections is the price of having a mass participatory, democratic society, and we are proud of that.

you could do that now if you chose to.

Thank you very much.

I was very impressed, actually, and I understood the complexity, given the age of the building.

I would be very interested, and also, just as my time runs down, just for planning purposes.