pete's study is coauthor is steven bass of ici and jessica holland and kevin pierce of the i.r.s. josh's paper is coauthored with adamby, also with the census bureau. we are also going to be two discussions on the work. kevin moore is chief of the economic survey session in the research and statistics division. and second produce myer, the mccormick foundation professor. thank you both for coming today. following discussions comments, we will allow for a brief interchange between the participants and then we will turn to your questions. at this point i would like to begin with our presentations. pete, we have between 20 and 25 minutes. then we'll go to josh. thank you very much. >> thank you andrew, and thank you all for showing up today. as andrew already mentioned, this is a joint work. my coauthors are sitting in the front row. >> i also want to mention this paper is a product of the soi joint statistical research program. our paper examines two questions. first are workers able to maintain their standard of living after they claim social security benefits. to answer that what

pete's study is co-author is steven bass of ic and jessica holland and kevin pierce of the intern revenue service. josh is co-authored with adam bee of the census bureau. we will have discussions. the first discussant will be kevin moore of the federal reserve board. our second discussant will be bruce meyer. a visiting scholar here at aie. thank you both for coming today. following discussants' comments, we'll allow for brief interchange between participants and turn to your questions. at this point, i'd like to begin with our presentations. pete, we have between 20 and 25 minutes, then we'll go to josh. thank you very much. >> thank you, andrew, and thank you all for showing up today. as andrew already mentioned, this is a joint work and my co-author is actually sitting in the front row. this paper is a product of the soi joint statistical research program. our paper examines two questions. first, are workers able to maintain their standard of living after they claim social security benefits. to answer that question, we're going to look at changes in spendable income around the time the

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steven king to be ambassador to the czech republic and the honorable john bass to be ambassador to afghanistan. all those in favor of a bloc vote -- so moved. do we have a second? all those in favor say aye. opposed? with that the ayes have it. now we have two other members that we're going to vote on. do you all want to vote on the two of them together? >> no. i would like to do it separately and make a brief statement in regards to each if i might. >> okay. next i would like to call up the -- >> mr. chairman. >> with your indulgence, could i say a brief word about mr. bass. i just supported his nomination, obviously. >> sure. >> i think he is eminently qualified with a distinguished record of foreign service. i submitted a question of the record to mr. bass relating to t the kabul compact. i asked him if he would work with general nicholson through the state department to provide my office or this committee a detailed, specific and written unclassified assessment of where the afghan government is falling short on these commitments and how kabul plans to address the short comings. the respons