Something that I've been saying for years, so, obviously, I'm agreeing.
At some point, we have to pay attention to reality more than rhetoric.
I think the bottom line, though, for so many of the things you pointed out that you do and that the United States has to do for its own nati...
It's not a question of whether your mission is integral to our national security--everyone from President Reagan to General Petraeus has rec...
But, what are some of the things that will have to be cut if your budget falls short?
In your congressional budget justification there is a statement that USAID is conducting a series of business process reviews...
I want that work to show. I mean, I don't want it to get consumed in this.
Cholera season is coming.
How are you going to do that when a government in Kabul turns power over to warlords, and oftentimes corrupt groups in other parts of the co...
I must admit that I'm virtually at the end of being willing to support activities in Afghanistan when we're not getting the support we shoul...
Yes, but it's been 2 years. It's time to get it done.
I complimented you earlier on one that did that will have a real impact. You worked with the Smithsonian to save some treasured murals, whic...
Under Senator Leahy's leadership--he'll be too modest to tell you--we actually--he actually helped fund, creating a factory where they made ...
USAID has an essential role to play in projecting U.S. global leadership and helping to protect U.S. interests around the world.
Our priorities also must include promoting human rights and tolerance, transparent and accountable government, and the rule of law.
Everybody wants to help out in a tragedy.
And they were a huge export market for much of that part of the world. But the transmission lines aren't there. I mean, is it going to conti...
I think you're going to find wars being fought over water within a decade, just as they now fight over oil.
