And the United States offered our family a second chance. What you need to know, what americans need to know is that while rankly most of us answer the call to duty in far less dramatic ways, every Foreign Service officer runs the same risk, and very often, so do our families. They serve, too, as individuals, as communities, we answer the call to duty to advance and protect the interests of the United States. I count myself lucky to be a Foreign Service officer, fortunate to serve with the best america has to offer, blessed to serve the American People for the last 33 years. Moved by thee not testimony of Marie Yovanovich today, you dont have a pulse. This is a woman who has served in seven posts for president s of both parties over more than 30 years. Hardship posts, places like somalia, tashkent. I cannot imagine a better example of diplomatic professionalism or integrity then what you have given all of us. Those who have served with you, those who aspire to be you, and for all those
Long before ambassador yovanovitch came to a national prominence, she represented the United States and its interests with professionalism, dignity, and bravery in a diplomatic career that spanned 34 years. World fromross the moscow to ukraine, ambassador yovanovitchs career has been distinguished by service to country, nonpartisanship, and as you can see by her list of postings overseas, by her willingness to take on tough diplomatic assignments and to tell it like it is. Haiku up in an air force family and like the rest of my family, i was tremendously proud of my fathers military service. I benefited from the opportunity to live in other countries around the world and to travel throughout this country. But i also understood the hardships involved and sometimes the risks. The same is true of our nations formats, whose contributions often go unnoticed, the work of our professional diplomats contribute to our nations prosperity, advance our security , and make it less likely that young
And speaker cards and documents should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the february 25th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Chairwoman thank you very much. I apologie apologize for being. Can you call item number one. Clerk item on one to increase the contract amount by 5. 9 million not to exceed an amount of 15. 8 million, with no change to the Contract Term to commence upon board approval. Chairwoman thank you very much. We have Cathy Widener here from the San Francisco airport. Good morning chair fewer, Cathy Widener with the San Francisco international airport. The item before you seeks your approval for a modification to an existing contract with ceta information networking computing u. S. A. , for support services of the airports shareduse passenger processing systems, which includes hardware, technical support, maintenance, system administration, system monitoring and supplies for equipment in our harvey milk terminal one, as we
[gavel] good morning, everyone, the meeting will come to order. This is the february 12th, 2020, regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. I am sandra lee fewer, chair of the budget and finance committee. Im joined by supervisors walton. I would like to thank those from s. F. Gov. Tv for broadcasting this. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Please silence all Electronic Devices. And speaker cards and documents should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the february 25th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Chairwoman thank you very much. I apologie apologize for being. Can you call item number one. Clerk item on one to increase the contract amount by 5. 9 million not to exceed an amount of 15. 8 million, with no change to the Contract Term to commence upon board approval. Chairwoman thank you very much. We have Cathy Widener here from the San Francisco airport. Good morning chair fewer, Cathy Widener with the
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