>> chairman mccaskill, members of the subcommittee, i am larry walker, president of the louis berger group. i appreciate the opportunity to provide perspectives on the highway project and our observations concerning reconstruction projects in afghanistan. it is an international consulting firm of approximately 3000 employees around the world. we provide expertise including engineering, program and construction management, and economic development services. many projects are carried out in some of the most challenging regions of the world. obg first began working in afghanistan in the 1970's and was one of the first to enter afghanistan after the september 11 attacks. i worked mainly with restructuring of the afghanistan infrastructure. we have provided nearly 40 house jobs to afghanistan people and trained thousands more. we have constructed more than 90 schools. the improved road network has dramatically decreased transit times, which has spread economic development along the road corridors and provided access to education and health care. i have traveled them myself and i can say t

, an act of love for me to celebrate with you the life of larry eagleburger and his enrichment of our own lives. president george herbert walker bush has asked me to read his message tulare's family and all of his friends. larry eagleburger was one of the most respected diplomats are foreign service ever produced and i will always be grateful for his wise no-nonsense council during the time of historic change in our world. during one of the tense moments in the gulf war, when saddam hussein began attacking israel with scud missiles, we sent larry to israel to preserve our coalition. it was an enormously complex and sensitive task. and his performance was nothing short of heroic. larry was the real deal, a tireless patriots, principled to the core, selflessly devoted to america and his duty. he was my good wonderful friend and i will miss him very much. to larry's family who loved him most of all, barbara and i send our most sincere condolences. i know firsthand that president bush had a very special place in his heart for larry, very much like the rest of us. there will be many stories today about larry. he did many great thin

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