Daniel R. Russel

We will make an assessment based on the facts and we will calibrate our response to the elections based on our assessment of how credible, how transparent, how inclusive, how free and fair we think it was.

There is nothing fair about reserving 25 percent of the legislature for the military.

The people in Burma deserve the full protection of the government both at the local level and at the national level.

We are pushing hard for the safety of the Rohingya, and the full access of humanitarian agencies.

What we are pushing for, Congressman, is for the military in Burma and for the government to exercise maximum restraint.

What I am interested in is how can the United States Government work with Burmese law enforcement, ensure that they are not targeting or abusing people because of their sexual orientation or gender identity?

There should be no doubt that human rights is central to our foreign policy.

First and foremost, human rights is central to our foreign policy and central to our Vietnam policy.

Well, my testimony addresses U.S. values. And the values component includes rule of law, includes transparency, includes good governance, includes labor standards, includes anti-trafficking.

the United States' best days are behind us; and that is simply not true.

if we succeed... in completing this agreement in the course of 2015, we will have... exported the values that Americans hold so dearly.

Please let me assure you that human rights is a central tenet of our approach to Vietnam.