Zinke. Good afternoon, everyone. To get started this afternoon, i just will give lay of the land herer i i will proceed with my Opening Statement and then senator cantwell with hers. After senator cantwells remarks we will hear from our colleague, the montana senators, senator dains and senator tester. Senator danes is on the complete here and senator tester, good to have you here as well. They will introduce our distinguished witness and other member of the montana delegation, representsive ryan zi zingk zinke. I will swear in the witness and ask him three questions we address to all nominees at confirmation hearings. So thats how we will proceed this afternoon. I think its important for us all to recognize we also have a vote that is scheduled about 4 15. So that will cause a little bit of an interruption but we do want to try to move as expeditiously through this hearing as we can. Before i proceed, id like to recognize an individual who is wellknown to this committee room. Thats th
Zinke. Good afternoon, everyone. To get started this afternoon, i just will give lay of the land herer i i will proceed with my Opening Statement and then senator cantwell with hers. After senator cantwells remarks we will hear from our colleague, the montana senators, senator dains and senator tester. Senator danes is on the complete here and senator tester, good to have you here as well. They will introduce our distinguished witness and other member of the montana delegation, representsive ryan zi zingk zinke. I will swear in the witness and ask him three questions we address to all nominees at confirmation hearings. So thats how we will proceed this afternoon. I think its important for us all to recognize we also have a vote that is scheduled about 4 15. So that will cause a little bit of an interruption but we do want to try to move as expeditiously through this hearing as we can. Before i proceed, id like to recognize an individual who is wellknown to this committee room. Thats th
[voiceover] the Us Ambassador to libya and three Embassy Staffers have been killed in an attack on the us consulate in the libyan city of benghazi. [kathleen] ive seen firsthand the sacrifice of Foreign Service families. My father was a consular officer and my mother worked right alongside him. Its done because people love the concept of serving their country and they love the idea of taking american ideals abroad, taking our values and trying to promote them in various places and also in doing so, helping to protect the interests of our country at home. [kathleen] from Benjamin Franklin, americas first diplomat, to todays professional Foreign Service, these are the foot soldiers on the front lines of americas Foreign Policy. These are americas diplomats. [voiceover] great decisions is produced by the Foreign Policy association, in association with thomson reuters. Funding for great decisions is provided by the nelson b. Delavan foundation, pricewaterhouse coopers, llp, and the Una Cha
[voiceover] the Us Ambassador to libya and three Embassy Staffers have been killed in an attack on the us consulate in the libyan city of benghazi. [kathleen] ive seen firsthand the sacrifice of Foreign Service families. My father was a consular officer and my mother worked right alongside him. Its done because people love the concept of serving their country and they love the idea of taking american ideals abroad, taking our values and trying to promote them in various places and also in doing so, helping to protect the interests of our country at home. [kathleen] from Benjamin Franklin, americas first diplomat, to todays professional Foreign Service, these are the foot soldiers on the front lines of americas Foreign Policy. These are americas diplomats. [voiceover] great decisions is produced by the Foreign Policy association, in association with thomson reuters. Funding for great decisions is provided by the nelson b. Delavan foundation, pricewaterhouse coopers, llp, and the Una Cha
We communicate the level of scrutiny involved in communication today. How we communicate, and the level of scrutiny in our communication today. It probably changed the perception of the United States around the world. Initially, i think there was tremendous sympathy for the United States. I think in part because of actions that we chose to take including go to war. A lot of that sympathy dissipated. I think there is a profound admiration and respect for all of those people who put their lives on the line for the rescue operation. That certainly was evident from the very first day. I have respect for and gratitude for the way congressional leadership responded. Its interesting. Today, we talk about polling numbers and congress having perhaps the lowest Approval Ratings at any time in history. Something in the teens, i recall. I recall somebody coming to us a couple of weeks after 9 11 and telling me it was the highest Approval Rating. It was in the high 80s. Congress had an Approval Rat