— at ceremony presenting his credentials to President Weah Your Excellency President Weah My U.S. Embassy colleagues and my wife Sandra: It is my greater honor to stand before you today to represent the President of the United States of America, Joseph R. Biden, and become a member of the Diplomatic corps accredited to the Republic of Liberia, a county with which the United States shares a storied history and cherishes enduring bonds of friendship, partnership, and family. I arrive in Monrovia in the midst of the global COVID 19 pandemic – just as vaccines are beginning to become available to give us hope. It is heartening to know that the U.S. Embassy health team including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and our National Institutes for Health – continues to work closely with Liberian health authorities in countering the coronavirus.