I think we need to continue to support an extension which will be decided in March.
We will want to see even more support in this regard and guarding against any reduction.
These were not easy conversations, but they were direct and I think they were helpful in making it clear that the United...
Well, Mr. Chairman, this is where the process that is a little more promising is the key, and that is that the justice s...
It may be necessary to have an intervention brigade like this that is skilled at taking tough action but protecting civi...
I remember you coming to me and talking to me about this unbelievably tragic treatment of women.
Well, this is, of course, one of the complicated aspects of these kinds of armed groups where often the families and the...
I believe that the Democratic Republic of Congo, with our help and the help of other donors, have to significantly and q...
We need more clarity from the Democratic Republic of Congo and not simply how much they intend to devote to this but als...
Not only is democracy in the Congo problematic, particularly following the 2011 elections, but those in neighboring coun...
We raised this issue with the Rwandan Government that we had seen a credible body of reporting that that was happening.
This region has been brutally exploited by colonial powers and by other countries in a way that is shameful and has deni...
The people of eastern Congo, particularly the women of eastern Congo, have to believe that the military is there for the...
This is not permitted under the Nairobi Declarations.
The highest levels of the U.S. Government are committed to helping the DRC and the Great Lakes region permanently break ...
Those who have committed these heinous crimes have to be held accountable.
I certainly would not have taken this assignment if I thought there was no way to change it.
I believe these things can happen. It is not easy, but it is something that I think there is sufficient attention.
