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Member ricketts for his remarks. Thank you med and chair. Thank you assistant secretary and fellow nebraskan jim obrien for being here with us today. The black sea is becoming a Gravitational Center for europes future and is yet another important theater in the great competition us in the peoples republic of china. The war and ukraine is put a spotlight on the region as part of the frontline of this battle against russias aggression. Putin would like Nothing Better than to turn the black sea into a russian lake and its airspace into a nofly zone. Encouragingly recent attacks in crimea have put russias black sea fleet into retreat in the maritime dominance. So much so its not looking for two friends for a new naval base. Georgia must be unequivocal bull in its rejection of the power play into its sovereign territory. What russia is excited to weaponize food supply after withdrawal for the black Sea Green Initiative grain is once again proven to be resilience. During the western black se
Hearing for state Department Nominees Including ambassador at large for Global Health security and diplomacy as well as u. S. Ambassadors. This is about an hour 20 minutes the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Our hearing today is to hear from five of the President Bidens nominees in dealing with career positions and ambassadorships. Its wonderful to have you all here. We thank you all for being here. Thank you do senator ricketts for being here to lead the republican side of this hearing. Its not always easy to find members that have or willing to adjust their schedules in order to accommodate these hearings, and i think senator ricketts for always being available to this committee to carry out our important work. I want to add some opening comments and senator ricketts wont opening comments but first i want to recognize senator reed and allowed to make an introduction and thank him for being here in the committee. We sometimes have a friendly rivalry between Arme
[inaudible conversations] the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Our hearing today is to hear from five of the President Bidens nominees in dealing with career positions and ambassadorships. Its wonderful to have you all here. We thank you all for being here. Thank you do senator ricketts for being here to lead the republican side of this hearing. Its not always easy to find members that have or willing to adjust their schedules in order to accommodate these hearings, and i think senator ricketts for always being available to this committee to carry out our important work. I want to add some opening comments and senator ricketts wont opening comments but first i want to recognize senator reed and allowed to make an introduction and thank him for being here in the committee. We sometimes have a friendly rivalry between Armed Services and Foreign Relations but sense of National Defense authorization bill will be up soon and im going to need his help, he goes first. [l
Undeterred by wars at home, delegations from Ukraine and the Palestinian territories are active at COP28, determined to call attention not only to the environmental threats facing their homelands but also to emphasize their places in the global community. Ukraine, attending its second COP international conference, is using its pavilion in Dubai to highlight the…