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Do the job. I would ask you a question, but i know youre going to have the right answers. Im going to excuse myself. Thank you, senator. Thank you, thank you so much. Thanks for your major contributions. Were glad we violated the rules to allow you both to be on the committee, two senators from georgia. Want to ask about latin america, particular interest of mine. Senator mendez is focused on this. The president announced a new investment in the budget he proposed to take to a second chapter, peace colombia. Talk a little bit about, from the state departments view, from a resource view, the ki...

Our Relations Committee will come to order. I want to thank you for your testimony today. As chairman one of our priorities as the state Department Reauthorization process. I want to thank senator menendez for beginning that. I think its critical oversight tool and a healthy exercise to take an annual look at the authorities that need updating. We passed an authorization bill out of Committee Last year for the first time in five years. We hope to build upon that progress with another bipartisan bill for 2017. Like last year, our bill will focus on diplomacy programs and the nuts and bolts oper...

Investigations and impede justice. Resources remain scarce. The report by the tribal law and commission noted the need for a thousand Law Enforcement officers. A 50 staffing shortfall. That is why resources requested in the president s budget are vital. Excluding funding for a prison, the budget allocates 300. Illion for Public Safety this funding would be historic and allow us to build on progress to make inroads into solving problems faced by our tribal partners. Page andt would take a donate significant funding to initiatives. A flexible tribal grant, 7 set aside of programs from my office ...

Benghazi met with that man within 48 hours before the attack . I know nothing about any meeting with him. Ambassador stevens on the day he was killed sent a cable about his meeting with mr. Hamid. Are you aware of that cable . No, im not. He said they, referring to mr. Hamid, they wanted an introductory meeting, they asked us what we needed to bring security to benghazi. So your officials were meeting with this man on the ground in benghazi, libya, discussing security, two days before that. But in august of that same year, the United States government had said that this very man was, quote, a ...

Very much, mr. Chairman. I just want to clarify. I was asking secretary clinton a moment ago i mentioned an email that had gone from ambassador Chris Stevens to deputy secretary lamb. What i meant to say was a cable. The record will reflect that. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Secretary clinton, im pleased that you finally have the opportunity to be here. Before i start my line of questioning, i just want to clarify with regards to the april, june 2012 incidents, i believe that the procedure that the state department had for these types of incidents was to actually hold what are called Emergency Act...