out of respect for him, so he can go on about other business today. we welcome the great lamar alexander from tennessee. thank you senator corker. it s good to be in your committee, senator menendez, senator cardin, senator barrasso. it is my privilege today to introduce the committee to mr. arthur b. culvahouse, jr.. i m going to do that by saying a few words about him and a few words about the country that president trump has nominated him to be the ambassador too. first more about mr. arthur b. culvahouse, jr. . he is the most accomplished lawyer i know and i do not know of many public servants were accomplished and he is. that may sound like an extravagant claim but i mean it sincerely. he had the great advantage of being born and raised in 10 mile tennessee. so that got him off to a good start. then, he went to the university of tennessee, where according to the professors there, he had the highest grades in finance of anybody and that lasted for a long time. he was se
a few words about him and a few words about the country that president trump has nominated him to be the ambassador too. first more about mr. arthur b. culvahouse, jr. . he is the most accomplished lawyer i know and i do not know of many public servants were accomplished and he is. that may sound like an extravagant claim but i mean it sincerely. he had the great advantage of being born and raised in 10 mile tennessee. so that got him off to a good start. then, he went to the university of tennessee, where according to the professors there, he had the highest grades in finance of anybody and that lasted for a long time. he was selected as a scholar at new york university law school, which is sort of a public service scholarship for outstanding students who want to practice law in the grand manner, and he became legislative counsel to howard baker, our senator who later became majority leader of united senate. and whose daughter is in the audience today. he became a counsel to
as well as ambassador nominees for yemen, australia guyana and armenia. this hearing runs about an hour and 45 minutes. i know we have a number of my friends here in pink. i think you all for respecting democracy and respecting the fact that other people here want to be able to hear what s happening and i ll say one more time in the past i ve been able to print 47 people when they have been arrested. i no longer have the ability to do that, so i would just hope that everybody would remain quiet and respectful. we have some outstanding nominees here today that we want to hear from. we are going to hold the nomination hearing for four sessions, our nominees today are ambassador to australia , the honorable carol perez to be director general of the foreign service. . christopher henzel to be ambassador to yemen. john barsa to be assistant administrator for u.s. aid for latin america and the caribbean. sarah-ann lynch to be ambassador to guyana, and , lynne tracy to be ambassador
states, and her time serving under presidents george w. bush and donald trump. this is 35 minutes. where sadie s, let s begin with your story. you came to the u.s. when and why? mercedes: i was born in miami, florida. my parents fled the castro regime. my father at the time was in prison under fidel castro. he was a political prisoner. fought to help free cuba, when obviously the dictatorship came in in the late 1950 s. jail, and ite in was a trying moment for my family. states,e to the united and it was one of those things where they started with nothing. father, being the entrepreneur and hard worker he he started working as a carpenter and electrician. he made ends meet for his family. it was those lessons with my father, who would constantly remind me of the importance of reagan and democracy in america, and how we have a responsibility to preserve these values. this is something i talked to my kids about as well. steve: your parents are still alive?e mercedes: they are.
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