CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings July 10, 2014
Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and welcome to the United States capitol. We are honored to be joined today by members of the diplomatic corps, former ambassadors, representatives from the state department and the u. S. Mint, and leaders of the jewish community. Shortly before christmas 1944, Raoul Wallenberg did something many of us have had to do. He told his mother he wouldnt make it home for the holidays. I must send you my best wishes for christmas by this means, he wrote. I hope the peace so longed for is not so far away. At the bottom of the note, he added, lots of kisses to nina a...