thank you, dr. shah. >> dr. shah, you mention specific violations which are very important as it related to her famine relief, but also all of our programs. see the futures initiative of the obama administration. he dimensions of the time in your testimony on dealing with nutrition and also to gender issues and women. i think it would be helpful for us if you could give us how we can evaluate progress made on feet the future, which are ejected sorry. i know you've done this, but if you could provide that to the committee as the progress you believe we make and feed their future in the short-term and long-term it would be helpful for us to have that information. i would encourage you to provide as much specifics about the results because it is important not just for us to feel good, but helps us provide the support he needed the united states for these programs, but also encourages stronger partnerships , not just other governments, the private entities when we know what we do has her consequences for mothers to m

. >> thank you, dr. shah. >> you mentioned about specific evaluations which i think are very important as it related to our famine relief but also as it relates to all of our programs. feed the future is an issuive of the obama administration. you've mentioned it several times in your testimony just recently on dealing with nutrition and life and also dealing with gender issues and women. i think it would be helpful for us if you could give us how we can evaluate progress made on feed the future, what your objectives are. i note you've done this but if you could provide that to the committee as to the progress you believe m we can make in the short term and long term, it would be helpful for us to have that information and i would encourage you to provide as much specifics as the results of usaid as you can because it's important not just for us to feel good, but it helps provide the type of support we need here in the united states for these programs. but also, i believe, encourages stronger partnerships. no

>> dr. shah, i would be glad to hear from you. >> thank you chairman and members of the committee. i am honored to have the opportunity to be here and look forward to your guidance and our discussion. on the president's budget request for usaid. i want to take a moment to recognize representative payne. he took time to offer specific counsel to me and our staff on regular basis. he has visited nearly every african mission, and we were proud to support a modest fellowship to improve our efforts to build a diverse work force in partnership with his efforts and ideas. two years ago we were asked to elevate development as a core part of our national security and foreign policy strategy. we recognize that this work is so important that is has required us to do things differently. it has required us to be more responsive to national security priorities, more effective in foreign policy priority contexts, while being much more results oriented and efficient in achieving core development results in food,