and so we were gaven permission, given permission to arm ourselves. i wore a .45. and we took our red cross, geneva crosses off over our helmets so that they couldn't see us. the few killed medics, the moral re moral real morale goes down and it's a situation you really don't want to get into. so as this guy fell on the ground in front of me, he came at me with a bayonet and i reached to get the gun. he pulled it back and his finger was almost cut off. the scar is still here. so he pulled back again and with that, i was able to get my pistol out and shoot him. i wasn't scared. we had training for that kind of situation. but he was dead. and i was standing there looking at him. i started shaking and sweating. and just a weird, weird feeling. you know, i never killed a person before. and never did after that. i looked in his pockets to get identification so we could report through to both sides would do that, so they'd have records. i found a photograph, about two inch square or so, and it was a picture of him and two young ladies on there. and german writing on the

of time a name that i know that , an individualw smiling on us now, the honorable , who gavene senior his entire congressional career even before he was in congress to be focused on africa. i know he is smiling, but i can see him's myelin because the person that succeeded him as the ranking member of the africa subcommittee and who is also my cochair on the congressional black caucus is africa task , the gentlelady from california, the honorable karen bass. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. ass is an amazing gathering, i listen to my colleague talk about who was here today, look around. look at yourselves. this is amazing. talk about a group that will get it done. it is really my pleasure to welcome you to a dialogue with african ceos. i again want to it knowledge my colleague, mr. meeks. we need to give him around the laws. [applause] -- round of applause. [applause] a ranking member of the subcommittee on consumer credit, --resentative meets representative meeks is on the front of the efforts as evident -- evidenced by today's event. conference he held entitled engaging wall s