[State Department] Niamey -- MR PATEL: Hey, everybody. Good afternoon and thank you so much for joining us today, especially last minute. Laying out some ground rules real quick, this call will be on the record. It will be embargoed until the call's conclusion. Joining us today is Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland. I will turn the call over to her momentarily, after which we will have some time for brief Q&A. But the deputy secretary does need to head to the airport, s
