WhenthinkingaboutAmerica's placeintheworld, inourforeignpolicy, yourknowledge, yourexperience, yourgenerositywasthespringboardthatbroughtmeandlandedmeheretoday, twodecadeslater, a zaproudhusband, I watchedmywife, EvanRyan, leadtheBureauofEducationalCulturalAffairs, and I gainedanevendeeperappreciationforhowpeopletopeopleexchangesbringourworldclosertogetherandconveythebestofAmericatotheworld, especiallytoitsyoungpeople.
Itwillput a premiumondiplomacywithouralliesandpartnerstomeetthegreatchallengesofourtime, likethepandemic, climatechange, theeconomiccrisis, threatstodemocracies, fightsforracialjusticeandthedangertooursecurityandglobalstabilityposedby a rivalsandadversaries.