“Thank you, Tom. It’s always a pleasure to be here. I also want to recognize my distinguished predecessors: Ambassador Carla Hills, Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, and Ambassador Susan Schwab. I am privileged to build on the work that you all have done at USTR. I appreciate the important points Tom just made about continuing to pursue a big and bold U.S. trade agenda, and I agree we have to seize every opportunity to create American jobs and put more people back to work. www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/speeches/transcripts/2011/november/remarks-ambassador-ron-kirk-us-trade-policy