We respectfully request that Ms. Aponte be removed from post as soon as possible, so that El Salvador may enjoy the benefits of having a bet...
I will vote no on Ms. Aponte's confirmation and strongly recommend my colleagues do the same.
Last year, every Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted against moving this nomination forward.
The White House continually denied reasonable requests from Senators on this side of the aisle for access to information.
I have seen the refining capacity in St. Bernard Parish, and my heart still goes out to the folks in Louisiana for the Katrina Hurricane.
The people who fomented change in Egypt, in Libya and Yemen, throughout many parts of the world back during the fall of the Soviet Union, di...
the United States needs to deal very firmly, with strength and a lot of verification with other countries in the world.
Americans end up paying for programs that do not align with our national security and foreign policy objectives.
Programs that duplicate each other, and outdated mandates, must be streamlined, eliminated, and merged.
I feel very good about your nomination.
Few, if any, of the response plans, particularly for deep water drilling, were effective in addressing the issues.
The Department was not satisfied with the response plans and would not issue permits until it became satisfied.
It would do enormous damage to the Afghan Government potentially, is that correct?
It is my belief, General and Madame Secretary, if the Taliban believed that the American military forces... would be around for awhile provi...
I totally understand that. But the position that Mr. Zoellick was about to take is, I think, shared by many.
From your point of view, it would be a national security expenditure.
I certainly believe you can win, and winning is probably a hard concept to define, but not for me.
Just a follow up, General. Out of the 10,000 new Border Patrol agents and 20,770 plus or minus agents, how many of those are involved in the...
