Department. This is just over two hours. The committee will come to order. We are having a full hearing today on the nominations for several positions. Three very important nominations , department of transportation. We welcome the nominees and their families and thank them for their willingness to serve. First, we will consider the nomination of rear admiral and phillips ann phillips. Welcome. We are currently facing unprecedented challenges about reports of Sexual Assault the marine academy, investments into our port to ease congestion, and the need for strong leadership at the helm of the Maritime Administration. We are admiral phillips has significant experience in the u. S. Navy in many challenging situations, including operation desert shield, desert storm, in her capacity as director of the Surface Warfare for the chief of Naval Operations. After 31 years of naval service, she serves as a special assistant to the Virginia Governor with a focus on coastal adaptation and protectio
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If there is indication here, there must be a positive here, which is what they wish to continue the sort of a magic spell of which is something which has worked in the past. But i think that its wearing off very, very deeply right now is theres a, a certain fatigue amongst the western population which has been said the same line that russia is just about to lose rough is just about to lose for, well, well, over a year really since the 1st days of the military intervention began, and, and i think what we see is, is a complete failure and of govern ability amongst nations of europe and including the United States as well a destruction of ability to basic ability in the 1st world, countries to supply energy, reliable food, or even simply convinced the population that their economy is not about to collapse and sitting on the precipice. All of all of these things are very, very difficult to uphold. So i think that people are not really buying the same plate as they used to be. Yeah, you kno
Were very pleased to have you with us this afternoon. Im bob carter. Have the privilege of serving as director of the Wallace Stegner center for Land Resources and the here at the college of law. I should note that were very pleased to be joined this afternoon only with our esteemed speaker, but cspan will be filming todays event. And were very to have them with us us. The customary way that we start these events at the college of law is with the native lands acknowledgment. We acknowledge that this land is named for the ute tribe is the traditional and ancestral homeland of the shoshone. Paiute go shoot and ute tribes the university of utah recognize jesus and respects the enduring that exists between. Many Indigenous Peoples and their traditional homelands. We respect the sovereign between tribes, states and the federal government, and we affirm the university of utahs commitment to a partnership native nations and urban indian communities through research, education and Community Ou