Our experts on the ground should make these decisions, not folks sitting 5,000 miles away in Washington.

I am not going to support anybody that was complicit in the horrific treatment of U.S. diplomats in China during COVID-19.

Hope is not a strategy.

We deserve to know whether Mr. Malley's crimes impacted U.S. Iran policy, influenced nuclear discussions, or swayed the President's decisions.

We are not going to outcompete China with our personnel sitting behind Embassy walls. They need to get out.

In short, it seems like the Department currently cannot get out of its own way and focus on what really matters, which is advancing U.S. national security and keeping Americans safe.

I respectfully disagree. They have got it, they are in front of this committee.

We deserve to know whether Mr. Malley's crimes impacted U.S. Iran policy, influenced nuclear discussions, or swayed the President's decisions.

It appears to many of us that the Department under President Biden is more concerned with pursuing its own arbitrary DEI goals than results focused efforts to modernize its operations and work force.

We are not going to outcompete China with our personnel sitting behind Embassy walls. They need to get out.

I am glad you are paying attention to it. It is the right thing to do.

I am tired of the Department slow walking key reforms that would improve its efficiency and effectiveness.

I do hold the State Department responsible for the failure to provide the information.

Can you give me just a--I do not want a blah, blah, blah, answer.

I am glad you are paying attention to it. It is the right thing to do.

It appears to many of us that the Department under President Biden is more concerned with pursuing its own arbitrary DEI goals than results focused efforts to modernize its operations and work force.

Can you give me just a--I do not want a blah, blah, blah, answer.

It is going to be never. You guys are dreaming over there if this is what you are waiting for.