mr. bowen was a partner at a law firm and was also an intelligence officer in the united states air force, achieving the rank of captain. he holds a b.a. from the university of south. we welcome you back, sir. you've been with us before. mr. richard fontaine previously served as foreign policy advisor to senator john mccain for five years. during his tenure with senator mccain, mr. fontaine worked on foreign policy legislation such as the 9/11 implement station report. he is a policy analyst in the asian affairs directory. prior to that, mr. fontaine worked with richard armitage. mr. fontaine holds a b.a. from tulane university. i want to thank all of you for being witnesses here today and for taking time out of your schedules. looks like i'll swear you in and we'll go down and vote. maybe we'll get one or two statements in before we head off. we're going to swear our witnesses in. please rise and raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth and not

and the undersecretary defense comptroller. >> mr. bowen? >> only one is pat kennedy, undersecretary for management at the state department. >> thank you. >> mr. fontaine? >> since we are adding people as we go along the table here, at a.i.d. it's split. i think there's two areas at a.i.d., the bureau that handles conflict and humanitarian reconstruction would be the place to go. if you don't go above that to say is there one, the handle of issues. >> thank you all once again for your written testimony and oral [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> the senate panel voted to confirm a general of david petraeus at the next commander in afghanistan this comes following the resignation of general stanley mcchrystal's post last week. for after this, and elena kagan. >> c-span content is available on television, radio, and online. begin also connected this on twitter, facebook, and the youtube. >> general david petraeus held a senate committee meeting that he will review