WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following remarks on Aug. 8, 2023, by Administrator Samantha Power at a swearing-in ceremony for Julie Southfield as Mission Director for Lebanon: * * * ADMINISTRATOR SAMANTHA POWER: Good morning everyone, thank you for those tuning in online and those who have gathered here today. Andy [Plitt], we're lucky to have your leadership in the Middle East Bureau. Our mission directors are thrilled when they get to have you at the helm as one of them. And we want to see t more PR