the office for democracy and human rights, the osce, that is, observers, were not present at these electionscause? lithuania said that it would not allow observers from unfriendly countries, that is, it meant from the republic of belarus and the russian federation, and the osce decided not to send its observers, and of course, there were violations, there is such a signatory to the act of independence of lithuania, zigmasvaylo , right after the elections in the seimas, he gave a big... press conference, where i explained how the systemic level took place violations in the elections, if you look at everything there in detail, you can understand this, how could there be all the violations even down to the smallest detail, that is, there were a lot of violations, yes, did the west somehow react to these moments? of course, the west will not react to these violations, the west admits that everything was democratic there, everything is good, even about this... there is no doubt, of course, the republic of belarus, the russian federation, everything that happens there is always wrong , what always

democracy of human rights and governance. and then michelle's assistant administrator and the bureau for planning, learning and resource management she has been in and out of usaid a couple of times she was under the obama administration she was chief of staff at the agency. she has worked for bread for the world she worked for the house subcommittee on state and foreign that bill and melinda gates foundation global council. did not go to the peace corps. same with me. good. i want to get right into things. i mention your bureaus. i do not know if all those are meaningful to everyone in the audience is kind of as a way of level setting. i want to ask you to describe a little bit more about the bureau and what you do there is special because the agency's undergone a reorganization. a couple of you are bureaus that have been reconfigured to some extent. i'll start with you, cheryl. you're aheadch of bureau for inclusive growth partnership and innovation. as a very broad mandate. tell us briefly what areas you cover? workednk fi