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Meeting Minutes - US Department of State

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away, it was not a task. You got it though?<br />

(Laughter.)<br />

GENERAL WILLIAMS: Okay. Are there any<br />

questions on anything that we covered this morning<br />

in the overview? It was a little longer, because I<br />

wanted you to have some behind the scenes operations<br />

and so you get a good feel for what the operation is<br />

about. We have a big challenging responsibility.<br />

We are delighted that our panel and those who have<br />

served for the last five years on these panels, many<br />

<strong>of</strong> them come back. I see Mary here and some <strong>of</strong> the<br />

others. We appreciate your loyal support and coming<br />

in to support the program.<br />

We believe that this is one <strong>of</strong> the best<br />

pieces <strong>of</strong> government that I have been associated<br />

with. It's a very challenging program. We have<br />

very difficult places to work. We have a very good,<br />

supportive staff. All <strong>of</strong> the managing directors and<br />

I are on the same page. We don't have issues and<br />

arguments, but we have a very challenging job.<br />

And we're not perfect. We're human like<br />

everybody else. I'm still waiting to see my perfect<br />

something and my perfect person. So we realize that<br />

some days we have to work harder, but the bottom<br />

line is, for your taxpayers dollars, there's 52 that<br />

Free <strong>State</strong> Reporting, Inc.<br />

1378 Cape St. Claire Road<br />

Annapolis, MD 21409<br />

(410) 974-0947<br />

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