Country. Selflessly and courageously representing American Values in a foreign nation he knew intimately and cared for deeply. In his diplomatic capacity, ambassador stevens brought a profound and prolific knowledge of arab world and middle east to his assignment. His exemplary gift for making personal connections was invaluable as his role as specific representative and ambassador to one of the most complex and challenging regions of the world. Therefore as we join in recognizing ambassador stevens am myself midst a sober outpouring of praise from his family, colleagues, fellow americans and the leaders of this nation, we remember also that Chris Stevens was beloved by many libyans as well. Therefore on behalf of the residents of Northern California and our entire state, we join president barack obama, secretary of state Hillary Rodham clinton, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and expensive network of people in saluting ambassador Chris Stevens who will be remembered for his strong sens
State Hillary Rodham clinton, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and expensive network of people in saluting ambassador Chris Stevens who will be remembered for his strong sense of dignity, his humility and his Generous Service to others. He will be truly missed by all who loved him and by all he served throughout the magnitude of his lifes work. Thank you for this honor. [applause] members of Christopher Stevens family, ladies and gentlemen, let me first thank Chris Stevens brothers and sisters for their warm and delightful insights into what he was really like. Thank you so much. That was fantastic what you did for us. Christopher stevens was obviously an extraordinary human being and contributor. Every year at stanford we have a group of what we Call National security fellows come. They were roughly army, navy, air force, state department. A couple weeks ago we had a meeting and the first person i called on was an army colonel. I said where were you last . He said in libya. I said did y
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the ayes are 151. The nays are 277. The motion is not adopted. The question is on the passage of the bill. Those in favor will say aye. Those opposed will say no. The ayes have it. For what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise . Mr. Brady i ask for a recorded vote. The speaker pro tempore a recorded vote is requested. Those favoring a recorded vote will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. A fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 284 and the speaker pro tempore on this vote the y
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] the committee will come to order. Let me begin by welcoming the new members to the committee. Since the full senate has not passed the Committee Resolution officially, i want to ask unanimous consent to returning members to allow prospective members to protest pay into des hearing. If there is no objection, so ordered. Let me welcome you and thank you to come before the committee. You had an intervening challenge and we are thrilled to see you here today doing well and to take time out of your schedule in these final days to discuss the tragic events that occurred in benghazi on september 11. , and the lessons we need to learn from that event to make sure all of our personnel is protected. In your tenure as secretary of state, you have always been up front, forthright, and energetic. I commend you for it. The tragic events in benghazi are a tragic reminder of the inherent risks. It they the very real courage of the men and women
For state Department Officials resigned after reports for lack of security at the u. S. Benghazi, libya. Wittiest ambassador and three other americans were killed. At 8 a. M. Eastern the Senate Foreign relations committee, we will have that on cspan2. Later in the day, we will head over to the house side of the capitol. We have live coverage at 1 p. M. Eastern here on cspan3. Our First Experience was to come in a different way than every of them appear, probably will never happen again in history. Its interesting because after dad was sworn in we went in and took a picture, photo of the family behind the oval office desk, and that night we didnt get to move into the white house because nixon had left so quickly, so unexpectedly, they left their daughter and soninlaw, david eisenhower, to pack all their clothes and belongings. Literally took seven or eight days. We had to go back to our little house in alexander virginia, suburbia, munich, the neighborhood was surrounded by secret servi