until very recently — the ambassador in washington. are you satisfied with the response from the united states? oh, yes, i am quite satisfied. i'm quite satisfied. the united states stood by us. many things have happened within the last year or so. we have been removed from the list of states sponsoring terrorism or benefiting. we were benefiting from the process, we're allowed to have considerable funds in the billions of dollars in order to redress the economy and opening up to the international financial system and so many things... hang on — i can't believe, i'm very surprised you're so satisfied with what you're hearing from washington, because since the october coup, when hamdok and his cabinet were removed, the us has been in a great deal of confusion. we've had the two top officials responsible for sudan, jeffrey feltman and molly phee — feltman the special envoy for the horn of africa, who's now actually retiring, and ms phee who works