07/29/2024
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"My observations over the years, and we have had committee testimony to this effect, is that other nations are now investing more in their sort of Foreign Service professionals than we are."
"I wanted to ask you first about the Foreign Service Institute as an institution and whether there are lessons to be learned..."
"I support the President's proposal to increase the budget of the Department of State and USAID by 10 percent."
"I thought you might, because I have heard numbers as high as 2,000 that are needed."