Jeff Bingaman: “Thank you very much. Thank all 3 witnesses for excellent testimony.”

We ought to be encouraging that. That should not be something that we just do for 3 years or 5 years.

It's important that we have a person with substantial knowledge and many varied skills in order to succeed.

Second, we would want a person with demonstrated managerial abilities.

this is an amendment offered by myself and cosponsored by Senators Webb and Wyden. It would provide for the approval of an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau in response to Supertyphoon Bopha. Few people are…