WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member issued the following news release:
Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks during a committee hearing to consider the nominations of Justin Bytheway to be Ambassador to Tonga, Marc Dillard to be Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros, Jessica Long to be Ambassador to Mauritania, William Flens to be Ambassador to Chad and Douglas Holder to be Ambassador to Bulgaria. In her remarks and questions, Ranking Member Shaheen emphasized the impact that a consistent diplomatic presence in Africa and the Pacific can have on America's ability to engage on resolving conflicts like the one in Suda...