Just listen to his word selections, he has effectively written off Ethiopia's government in favor of TPLF. He went on to say the election will not be credible, without saying why.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?512141-1/ ... t-ethiopia
Hearing on Tigray Conflict in Ethiopia
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the Tigray conflict in Ethiopia and the U.S. response to it. Appearing before the committee were Robert…
Hearing on Tigray Conflict in Ethiopia
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the Tigray conflict in Ethiopia and the U.S. response to it. Appearing before the committee were Robert Godec, the acting assistant secretary of state for African affairs, and Sarah Charles from the USAID Humanitarian Assistance Bureau. In his opening statement, Mr. Godec said that “alarm bells are ringing in Ethiopia,” and the risk of a wider conflict is growing. Regarding humanitarian concerns, Ms. Charles said that “without a scale up of assistance, we could again see widespread famine in Ethiopia this year. The first time since the 1980's
They consider themselves all knowing intelligents by just reading out pre-written statements, without even paying attention on how the names in them are pronounced correctly