Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid  

This is also the first ACVFA public meeting since Mark Green was confirmed as Administrator. And needless to say, Mark brings a deep, and a very genuine understanding of this agency, and the job, and we’re thrilled to have him on board. Throughout his career in Congress, and as Ambassador to Tanzania, Mark has demonstrated the capability, and the moral clarity really, to -- that’s critical, I think, to bringing effective -- in being an effective advocate for foreign assistance. Many of you heard me say this, I think maybe the last time we got together, if you were here the last time, and that is so much of the strength in our leadership in foreign development is due to the nonpartisan nature of the support that we enjoy. And, I think Mark’s life-long commitment to that mission illustrates exactly that.