"Last year, I was pleased to cosponsor with Senator Cardin, Senate Resolution 341, which passed by unanimous consent in early December."
"the point that Senator Kerry and the majority staff have made about Americans allegedly going to Yemen to engage with such radical figures is an important part of the larger situation that exists ther..."
"Who will be the participants? Who will participate in London? What can we hope will become of that? Is this a sort of a new phase, as you suggest, of interest by the rest of the world in this?"
"militant extremists in Yemen are able to operate in what Senator Lugar called the 'ungoverned territories' there"
"The purpose of the resolution was to raise awareness about the problems Yemen faces, including the threat from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula."
"exactly the points that Senator Lugar was making a moment ago."
"I appreciate your thoughts, Ambassador Bodine, initially about USAID and the possibilities for much more of a development-oriented strategy on our part, because, as you mentioned, Yemen is running out..."
"We remain wary of attempts to use the fight against terrorism to repress political opposition."
"Due to courageous leadership in countries like Kazakhstan, as well as here in the United States by visionaries like Senators Richard Lugar and Sam Nunn, the threat of nuclear materiel falling into the..."
"Whenever there's a nexus of nuclear materiel and corruption, the potential for this materiel to end up in the hands of the wrong people increases."
"Unsecure nuclear weapons and fissile materiel should be a top priority of our policy."
"Tajikistan could become a failed state."
"I believe that other strategic questions... are the crucial determinants of success, not the numbers of troops."
"I think that it's critical that we do both as we work in the coming months and years."
"We need to make clear to the people of Pakistan that we will be full partners in their fight against extremist elements."
"I appreciate the innovation and dedication that our witnesses have displayed in the past, and their willingness to take on extremely difficult missions."
"Our troops are defending the right of Afghanistan to develop its own government."
"There will come an inevitable moment in this fight where our partners in Pakistan must take up the fight with an equal vigor."
