We feel that we have before you a very good panel of excellent panel of four ambassadors to important places to the Bahamas, where We have not been able to have a representative in [the Bahamas] for almost nine years, maybe longer. It's been quite a while on the bureau that deals with population, refugees and migration, which is clearly an issue that has impacted the country, but also has impacts on our neighbors in the region and around the world. (00:15–00:20)
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