[inaudible [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. We have an unusual proceduretoda today. As usual, we will defer to the outstanding senators who are here to introduce the others and we thank them for being here. It is an honor to have you in the committee that we will let them go first so they can go on to their other business and we will then convene the business meeting for just a moment andur hopefully pass the nominees and pass some bills out and then we will resume with the greathear testimony from the nominees. With that again, we welcome youu if i can remember the seniority order we thank you for being back here with another and i dont know whether senator lee or senator manchin came next. Thank you for being willing to come and make good comments thank you. Thanks for holding this hearing and i am here primarily to introduce wes mitchell but i have to comment on the great willingness of jon huntsman to o serve the country once againsm this time in another
Jon huntsman is President Trump nominee to be ambassador to russia. He has a reason served as ambassador to china and governor of utah appeared at his Senate Confirmation hearing, mr. Huntsman discussed the u. S. Relationship with russia. Senator bob corker chairs the Relations Committee. This hearing is two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the Relations Committee will come to order. We have an unusual procedure today. As usual, we will do for today outstanding senators who are here to introduce others and we thank them for being here. It anon or to have you here in our committee. We let them go first so they can go on to their other business. Well then convened adjourning pending the business meeting for just a moment and hopefully pass the nominee is out and passing bills out and then we will resume with a great testimony we know well hear from our nominees. With that, and we welcome you. If i can remember the seniority order, i know senator cornyn is first
[inaudible conversations] the Relations Committee will come to order. We have an unusual procedure today. As usual, we will do for today outstanding senators who are here to introduce others and we thank them for being here. It anon or to have you here in our committee. We let them go first so they can go on to their other business. Well then convened adjourning pending the business meeting for just a moment and hopefully pass the nominee is out and passing bills out and then we will resume with a great testimony we know well hear from our nominees. With that, and we welcome you. If i can remember the seniority order, i know senator cornyn is first in seniority. I dont know whether senator leahy or senator manchin i will let you guys arm wrestle over that while senator cornyn gets his comments. Thank you very much for being willing to come and make good comments about outstanding nominees. We thank you. Thank you, chairman corker and Ranking Member card in. Thanks for holding this hear
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Thank you fordowning us here tonight. Well hear from both beth macy and john bassett who have both graciously agreed to stay for questions and sign books after the talk. Note cards have been placed in every seat, at lease the first 200 before we filled in the rest of the room. Ushers will collect the questions in baskets at the break just before the q a starts. At this point, id like to welcome john bassett iii to st. Johns. [applause] looking forward to hearing from you tonight, sir. Id also particularly like to welcome any folks who are here from henry county, bassett, and galax, i think you all share the spotlight in this as well. I could tell you about all of the amazing awards that beth macy has won for her writing, hello, anymoran fellow. But the real mark of her gift as a journalist shines in a simple question how many of you remember a specific beth macy story . By a show of hands, how many of you remember young selena, who made it to harvard with the whole community of the Lib