Will you commit to ensure that we have an Ambassador on the ground--and a lot of that depends on us...
In the end, I voted against the agreement. I applauded the last President for negotiations.
I think it would have been a better agreement, and something that I could have supported.
There are obviously limits of, you know, native speakers that you can hire or of people that have eyes on the page.
Thank you, Dr. Hogendoorn.
You mentioned that 99 percent of revenue goes straight to salaries for civil servants.
Somalia is often used as an example of a failed state, but the reestablishment of a federal government and subsequent elections have created...
For Somalia and the surrounding region, U.S. interests abroad, the stakes are simply too high to let the country backslide.
Is it concerning to you? ... that we have not, one year into this administration or beyond a year, named an Assistant Secretary for Africa?
Senator Booker and I are holding this hearing to demonstrate the interest of the United States in helping Somalia to turn that page.
I look forward to hearing testimony on these bills and will turn to Senator Cortez Masto.