Ambassador Confirmations
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee considered several ambassador nominees including businessman David Fischer to be the U.S. ambassador to Morocco. Mr. Fischer backed Mitt Romney’s 2012 …
3,293 viewsThe Senate Foreign Relations Committee considered several ambassador nominees including businessman David Fischer to be the U.S. ambassador to Morocco. Mr. Fischer backed Mitt Romney’s 2012 …
3,293 viewsState Department officials and Africa experts testified before a House subcommittee on the political situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Witnesses discussed the severe humanit…
1,429 viewsThe acting State Department assistant secretary for African affairs and the acting USAID assistant administrator for Africa testified at a hearing on the agencies' fiscal year 2018 budget re…
431 viewsTwo Ugandans who were abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) testified before a Senate subcommittee on African affairs. One of them Jacob Acaye, was made famous by the Kony video relea…
950 viewsDefense and State Department officials testified on President Obama’s decision to send 100 U.S. military advisers to advise local forces fighting the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and its lea…
1,170 viewsWitnesses testified about the food and humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa. They focused on the impact of a severe drought in Somalia and the plight of refugee camps in Ethiopia and Ke…
2,001 viewsCurrent and former State Department officials testified about relations with Somalia and various security threats in the region. Among the topics they addressed were piracy, terrorism, the r…
2,255 viewsThe House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa heard testimony on Eastern Congo, and the problems facing it since the war ended in 2003.
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