
If you think you can get it into legislation, I am fine. I just think that is a bridge too far at this point in time.
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If you think you can get it into legislation, I am fine. I just think that is a bridge too far at this point in time.

Yes. You will hear from Clay Johnson, we have already got one set of standards that have been put forward by this PART review.

Absolutely. It is not the bigger share of it, as I noted in my presentation. But I think we have a credibility gap for us to be able to take on.

We thought it was too big of a bite to take, that if we got to this portion of the Federal budget, 25 percent was a good start.

I applaud your willingness to address this issue. This is one of those issues that most people just duck away from.

Senator Moynihan taught me before he left the Senate that we have rarely found a way to change something in government until we find a way to measure it.

I would suggest that. If others do not want to leave that up to a commission and want to have a more prescriptive nature from Congress, I can see doing that.

We put forward a series of tests in the legislation.

This is not a terrorist population that a lot of people are reviewing.

It seems to run counter to where the trend line is going or should be going for us to further this relationship.

this is a serious matter, it isn't about destabilizing Vietnam

the progress really does need--we need to see progress in these areas as well

We will put that in the record if that is acceptable to you to put in the record and it won't hurt them further.

I think those are excellent. Again, as I noted, we have a refugee limit that's much higher than what we've been fulfilling the last couple of years.

Well, I appreciate yours, because you're representing millions, billions of people around the world just yearning to think freely.

Good. Gentlemen, thank you very much. I appreciate you coming up, and I appreciate your work on a vital relationship.

Our goal is not to impose a designation or sanctions. Our goal is to see greater religious freedom

this will create a major impediment if it's not addressed, and I think it's pretty simple to address.