Face in these halls, having served previously in the bureau of european and canadian affairs. As recently as deputy secretary of state. He is wellknown to the department of state in our career professionals. We are excited to have him as our new secretary of state. This is an unusual event today. Normally this room would be packed with thousands of cheering state Department Employees. I assure you we had to take extraordinary measures in order to keep them away at this time, but dont let that deceive you in anyway, there is enormous enthusiasm on the part of the career professionals who have known and worked with sec. Blinken over the course of his career. He is a man of honor and integrity, vision and character, and he will lead this department and advance the American People with great vigor and great passion. So on behalf of the career professionals of the department of state, Foreign Service, civil service, our locally employed staff around the world, it is my great honor and privi
Priorities of the new a administration during the ten minute address. My honor to welcome back the department of state our new secretary of state tony bliken, secretary blinking is a familiar face in these halls having served previously first in the bureau of european and Canadian Affairs and deputy secretary of state, he is as we say in the department well and favorably known to the department of state and are career professionals, we are excited to have him as our new secretary of state. This is an unusual event, normally this room would be packed with thousands of cheering state Department Employees i assure you we had to take extraordinary measures to keep them away at this time but do not let that deceive you in any way there is enormous enthusiasm on part of the h carr professionals who have known and worked with secretary lincoln, he is a man of honor and integrity, vision and character and he will lead this department in advance the interest of the American People with great vi
The motto of this great state, South Carolina. But it might as well be the theme of my entire life. I am the son of a team mom. I was raised by grandparents, with a fourth grade and eighth grade education. I went to yale, i went to georgetown law school. I worked on capitol hill be right i worked for the private sector. Now im a candidate for United States senate. Excuse me if i pinch myself. I have lived the American Dream and spent my entire life fighting for others to make sure they do the same. We have been divided for too long. Too many folks here in South Carolina lack the opportunity to live the American Dream themselves. Tonight, you will probably hear from Lindsey Graham and he will scare you to vote for him. I hope tonight to inspire you to support me. Thank you, sir. Senator graham, you have one minute. Sen. Graham you have nothing to be afraid of. Thank you for tuning in. Thank you to everybody who has gotten me here. We live in difficult times. 2020 is the most incredible
Live the American Dream themselves. Tonight, you will probably hear from Lindsey Graham and he will scare you to buffer him. To vote for him. I hope tonight to inspire you to support me. T ouworld came crashingwe have dre working, a vaccine is around the corner, this is a choice election. Socialism. Versus law and order versus chaos. Thank you very much. John one, thank you both for being here this evening. Gentlemen, thank you for being here this evening. It is our hope in our nation to give our nation an example of what civil discourse looks like, and how to engage in passionate, respectful debate. So i thank you for that in advance. Mr. Graham, the last 24 hours the list of Public Officials infected by covid19 has grown exponentially. People of faith think a well across our country are praying for it faith and goodwill are praying for everyone to make a full recovery. But it cannot be ignored that many infected attended large gatherings and completely this regarded the protocols put
[roll call] clerk madam president , all members of the commission are present. Item number 2 is the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] clerk clrk item number 3 is the approval of minutes for the august 25, 2020 special meeting. So moved. Second. President brandon all in favor, roll call vote. [roll call] president brandon motion passes unanimously. The motion of august 25, 2020 [inaudible]. Clerk item number 4 is announcements. Please be vised that a member of the public has up to three advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Court Commission adopts a shorter period on any tight. Please note that during the Public Comment period, the moderator will instruct dialin participants to such a tonetone phone to register their desire for Public Comment. Audio prompts will signal to dinein participants when their audio input has been enabled for commenting. Please dial in when the item you wish to com