Liberia: U.S. Ambassador Deborah Malac's Impression of Liberia

7 September 2012
The NEWS (Monrovia)
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Following her nomination in May as the next United States Ambassador to Liberia, Madam Deborah Malac faced the United States Senate for confirmation hearings on July 12 this year during which she gave her impression about Liberia. Below is Madam Malac's statement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee:

Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Isakson, and distinguished Members of the Committee, I am honored and pleased to appear before you today as President Obama's nominee to be the next United States Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia. I would like to thank the President and Secretary Clinton for the confidence and trust they have placed in me by nominating me for this position. Mr. Chairman, I would like to take the opportunity to recognize my husband, Ron Olson, and my three children, sons Nicholas and Gregory, and daughter Katharine. I am deeply grateful for their strong and unstinting support; without it, I would not be seated here today.

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