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The challenge for the Bureau of Indian Affairs remains the same as it ever was: to do as much as possible to fulfill the trustee responsibility of the Federal Government for the Native Americans.

I am pleased that President Obama has nominated Larry for the important position of Assistant Secretary of Interior for Indian Affairs.

I think it is one of our central interests here to help Israel.

It seems to me that the Iranians lump the United States and Israel together as far as those two countries' edginess toward the ultimate resolution of the issue.

The best way to do that would not be the immediate use of force against Iran, but this two-track policy that we've been discussing in this hearing of engagement and negotiations, but backed up by the threat of force and backed up by…

I think that if these talks are successful and they can put a few people on each of those ships, and they took aggressive action in the case of an attack, I would suspect that's going to slow them down.

I want them to have that flexibility, but I also want them to be held accountable.

They are seeing their water bills go up 300, 400, 500 percent, and a lot of these are senior citizens on a fixed income.

In all candor, these actions were well-intentioned and were taken as part of an effort to expand housing opportunities for Americans.

I understand what you are saying, but of course none of those people have to go out and get elected either.

I appreciate your comments, but don't we have to give just a little bit of slack to those guys in the fact that they had a real gun to their head at the time they were trying to structure this mammoth $700 billion we were talking about?

Of course when Bear Stearns failed, things were not bad enough that politically anybody could have gotten away with what you are suggesting.

I think it is a historical quirk.

I appreciate working with you.

I appreciate your accommodation.

The driving urgency of the program is to have shovel-ready projects that create jobs that can help alleviate the economic suffering.

My commitment to you is that, if confirmed, I will work to see that the decisions of the Service are based on science, not politics.

They are, as Wallace Stegner famously said, America's best idea.