I am disappointed that this morning President Obama said that we would not meet his goal of closing Guantanamo Bay by Ja...
Well, I strongly agree with that. I had-- one of the most memorable moments of my career was in Timbuktu, meeting, havin...
I certainly would share that assessment.
I agree with you that we need to increase our diplomatic presence in order to better gather information and build long-t...
Is there now a comprehensive integrated strategy that has been agreed to be the interagency?
It's important to remember the context of that country's experience, with an extremely bloody civil war in the 1990s.
I'd just like to point out that I think we've been particularly good on this one.
We hope that President Tandja will return to a democratic and constitutional framework so that AFRICOM can again work wi...
Isn't there some risk that, if we're providing general support to these abusive governments, that we could fuel anti-Ame...
I'm going to continue until the vote starts, and we'll leave the record open for this panel so we can ask additional que...
Thank you very much.
And you've mentioned the Tuareg, most of whom do not share al-Qaeda's ideological goals, either.
the only really effective way to address this challenge is for the region to address it together.
It's an environment in which al-Qaeda-type organizations can thrive, but that is not necessarily the leading issue.
Well, obviously it's terribly important that we get this right.
Unfortunately, this program is not able to address the growing demand.
Thank you very much, Senator Menendez. You are also in my thoughts and prayers, as well as all of your colleagues in the...
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
