[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4358]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   JOINT MEETING OF THE TWO HOUSES--ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
                    ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN


                Recess Subject To The Call Of The Chair

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate stands in 
recess subject to the call of the Chair.
  Thereupon, the Senate, at 10:33 a.m., took a recess subject to the 
call of the Chair, and the Senate, preceded by the Secretary of the 
Senate, Julie E. Adams; the Deputy Sergeant at Arms, James Morhard; and 
the Vice President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 
proceeded to the Hall of the House of Representatives to hear an 
address delivered by His Excellency Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of 
the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
  (The address delivered by the President of the Islamic Republic of 
Afghanistan to the joint meeting of the two Houses of Congress is 
printed in the Proceedings of the House of Representatives in today's 
Record.)
  At 12:12 p.m., the Senate, having returned to its Chamber, 
reassembled and was called to order by the Presiding Officer (Mr. 
Flake).

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