Last week, I joined with a number of my Senate colleagues in calling on Secretary Napolitano and Secretary Locke to coor...
this is an environmental disaster of just huge proportions
I think, by Senator Hagan, there is the possibility... that this oil will get involved in the streams.
we can come to an as-soon-as-possible resolution to this disaster
We've actually released those funds now, so those are now available for commanders working with their Afghan partners...
It's not possible for the Afghan Government to reconcile with senior level Taliban or reintegrate low level Taliban figh...
If I could just add, Senator, on reintegration for low- and mid-level fighters, based on President Karzai's interim guid...
Financial incentives alone are not sufficient to reconcile with low-level Taliban fighters because they will be subject ...
I believe that we need to avoid a situation where warlords and power brokers retain their militias.
These lives that were lost--and my thoughts and prayers certainly go out to the families of those 11 men who died--but, ...
opening statement
Do you look at other standards that are around the world on these refineries?
Also in your testimony, you noted that in the past 4 months, alone, at least 58 workers have died in explosions, fires, ...
I also noticed a recurring theme in the testimony, and that has to do with the notion of a workplace culture or a cultur...
So, you say you've taken these silos apart and you're able to work together.
What have you accomplished so far?
Do the employees of these different areas know which agency to actually turn to with a complaint?
As Senator Dodd said, the first 3 years of life are critical.
