evelyn lieberman -- evelyn is a native of new york and a graduate of state university of new york in buffalo. she first entered government services in 1988 as press secretary to my predecessor now vice president joe biden. i was serving as chief of staff and i had the privilege of working with evelyn early in her career. in 1993 she moved over to the white house and served as assistant to the first lady and now secretary of state hillary rodham clinton. three years later after serving as deputy white house press secretary she was appointed white house deputy chief of staff under leon p panetta. president clinton appointed her as the director of voice of america. i i was a member of the broadcasting governors and i was fortunate to work closely with evelyn once more. in 1999 president clinton nominated evelyn to serve as the state department's first undersecretary for public dloam si and she was confirmed by the -- diplomacy and she was confirmed by the senate. we took the u.s. information agency and split it in two pieces, took the broadcasting board of government, created an indepen