mr. henke. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, ambassador kennedy, and thank you for your time this morning. i wanted to start by saying that i was really very encouraged to see the secretary put together the development and diplomacy review plan. i think it's long overdo. i know it was a really papeful process, but i think it will bear fruit, but i'm wondering what already has been done as a result of that? we had u.s. agency for international development before us, and they have started taking action on some of the things of procurement reform. they are very much interested in continuous improvement and goodness knows they have problem with their contracting, but they are looking at the need for change. you know, in contrast, when i look at your statement, and i look at the state department responses to our recommendation, there doesn't seem to be any recognition that things in iraq and afghanistan are any different. you know, in fact, comparing the model you have as effective inefficient th

thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. henke. katherine she nazi. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, ambassador kennedy, and thank you for your time this morning. i wanted to start by saying that i was really, um, very encouraged to see the secretary put together the quadrennial development and diplomacy review plan. i think it's long overdue. i know it was a really painful process, but i think it was, it will bear fruit. but i'm wondering what already has been done as a result of that. we've had the u.s. agent i for international -- agency for international development before us, and they have started taking action on some of the things, on procurement reform that were in that qddr. they are very much interested in continuous improvement, and goodness knows they have problems with their contracting, but, um, but they're looking at the need for change. you know, in contrast when i look at your statement and i look at the state department's responses to our recommendation, there doesn't seem to be any recognition that things in iraq and afghanistan are any different. um, you