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Transcript: FOREIGN LANGUAGE CAPABILITIES:RICHARD W. RILEY
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- Congressional Testimony
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- September 19, 2000
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September 19, 2000
Remarks as Prepared by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley
United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation, and Federal
Services
Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee. It is
a great
pleasure to be here today to speak with you about the importance of
foreign
language instruction as part of a comprehensive 21" century education.
I want to take just a moment to mention that this likely will be my
last
appearance before Congress, and I am delighted that we will end on
such
a positive note. Chairman, it is wonderful to be here with you, someone
who ...