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Watch Live: Gov. Terry Branstad's confirmation hearing for U.S. Ambassador to China
Gazette Staff
May. 2, 2017 10:00 am
Gov. Terry Branstad has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as U.S. ambassador to China.
The hearing on Branstad's nomination is scheduled to start at 9 a. m. Central Time, Tuesday.
We have a copy of his full statement at the bottom of this post.
We also have a live stream of the confirmation hearing as well as live tweet updates from our reporter James Q. Lynch who is attending the hearing.
Having trouble watching the embedded live stream? You can click here to view it on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations' website.
You can follow along with our reporter James Q. Lynch as he tweets from D.C. here.
Gov. Terry Branstad gives his opening statement during hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations for Gov. Terry Branstad to become Ambassador to China in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, May. 2, 2017. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)