Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Nominee Rayburn Testifies Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee
May 21, 2025
May 21, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Joel Rayburn, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, from a May 15, 2025, confirmation hearing:
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Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the privilege of coming before you today as the President's nominee to serve as Assistant . . .
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Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the privilege of coming before you today as the President's nominee to serve as Assistant . . .