Business meeting will come to order. Do just a little bit of business on the front end and hopefully take care of some business quickly. Now people have other meetings and then move to the hearing itself. We thank our witnesses for allowing us to do this, and were glad youre here. We have a number of items on the agenda today. Well move a number of nominations and Foreign Service officer lists. We will also take up s1928. The multilateral if a review act of 2017. Want to thank senator koonce force his leadership and hard work and recognize senators isakson, rubio, young, cane, and merkley for their contributions to this important Bipartisan Legislation before our committee. This bill would establish a process for conducting objective reviews on how well multilateral institutions carry out their missions with our funding. The authorities sunset after four review periods and 11 years. Through this process well be able to evaluate their performance in an objective way. The review will loo
[inaudible conversations] the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. We will do a little bit of the front end and hopefully will take care of the business quickly and i know people have other meanings and it will move to the hearing itself. We think our witnesses for allowing us to do this and were glad youre here. We have a number of items on the agenda today ander we will movea number of nominations and Foreign Service officer led and will also take up as 1928, multilateral act of 2017. I want to think senator coons for his leadership and hard work on this bill. L. I want to also recognize isaacson, rubio, young, cain and merkley for their contributions to thisct bipartisan important legislation for the committee. This bill will establish a process for conducting injected reviews on how well multilateral institutions carry out their missions with our funding, the authorities after review. Eleven years. Through this process we will be able to evaluate their performance
Hear from people today in the world making History Today as we dedicate this museum in the d. C. Area but also the Nations Museum and the worlds cesium. Were on the world stage theater so with of. Musical Amazing Grace with the second performance of last night and with a limited engagement through january 7th if you havent got your tickets get them. Go online to museum of the bible. Org there is my commercial. [laughter] so with that innovative and Global Institute our purpose is to invite all people to engage in this book we call the bible but history in the narrative and the impact those are the three themes you will see throughout the museum we have already lifted up thousands and with those questions with the new exhibit with policy and procedure but to ask ourselves those to litmus questions every day we are intentionally nonsectarian we dont advocate any specific faith tradition. This book is that of a foundation of many faiths and faith traditions but we believe in gods word wil
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