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
mitchell in munich for a global security conference. for the first time this year, the germans have not invited russia because of vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine. we begin with my exclusive interview here today with vice president kamala harris. whether the u.s. with a divided congress will support ukraine for as long as it takes. we also talked about the 2024 campaign. starting with beijing s reaction today to president biden s speech about the shoot-down of china s spy balloon and whether the white house and president xi can reset their relationship. the president said that the three other objects were not a threat to the u.s. so why shoot them down? well, as the president said, we have approached this with the first priority being the safety of the american people, including civil aviation. so for those three as the president said, that was a big concern. the president s speech last night also made clear that after the chinese balloon incident, as it has been come t
depositors president biden in remarks this morning addressing the moves by his administration america s going to have confidence that the banking system is safe your deposits will be there when you need them. i instructed my team to act quickly to protect these interests. no losses will be born by the taxpayers. i ll break it down with larry summers. the president s heading to san diego this hour with meetings where the british prime minister and australia s leader, highlighting the sale of nuclear submarines to our allies to counter china s indo-pacific power. and donald trump heading to iowa today following the footsteps there with likely challenger, ron desantis and days after his former vice president, mike pence, made his most critical comments yet over trump s role on january 6th. good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell in washington depositors at the failed bank breathing a sigh of relief after the u.s. government led by the treasury department, federal reserve,
delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. people around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer. al zawahiri, the second in command to osama bin laden during the 9/11 attacks as well as the attack on u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1998 and the uss cole in 2000, killing 17 service members, took over the terrorist organization after bin laden s death in 2011 and was killed on the balcony of a taliban-linked safehouse in kabul, afghanistan. to those around the world who continue to seek to harm the united states, hear me now. we will always remain vigilant and we will act and we will always do what is necessary to ensure the safety and security of americans at home and around the globe. i ll be joined this hour by white house homeland security adviser elizabeth sherwood randall and intelligence committee chairman senator mark warner for more on this major national security development and the future of al qaeda and the taliban. a