Grand Bahama Island - The Bahamas Weekly brings you an exclusive video interview with His Excellency Cornelius A Smith, Bahamas Ambassador to Washington, taken on Friday, April 4th, 2008 during his visit home to attend a special evening held in his honour on Saturday, April 5th at the Xanadu Hotel.

In this interview Ambassador Smith speaks about his recent appointment as Ambassador to Washington, along with his Chairman of Permanent Council appointment with the Organization of the American States (O.A.S.); he shares where he was born and talks about what he misses most about The Bahamas; he talks of his new life in Washington and his networking with other Bahamians living there; and he speaks of  his early years in politics where he was a founding member of the Free National Movement, and ran for four consecutive 5-year terms for the Pine Ridge constituency.

View photos of A Night of Honour, and read Ambassador Smith's Bio HERE