I want to express my deepest sympathy to the family members of Sarah Root and Joshua Wilkerson.

And this was taking an old law and rewriting the regulations without ever consulting the Congress.

Very fortunately.

Should they be removed? 250,000 who have been convicted of crimes, should they be removed by this Administration?

What measures do you use on the other half of the investment? So it is security, it is prosperity, it is democracy, democratization, transparency?

There is reason to be hopeful that, if we make these investments the right way and we monitor them the right way, we can see progress.

So big, big challenge, will not be quick, but we need not despair about the ability to move the needle the right way if we invest the right way.

I think the record of success of the U.N. agency CICIG in Guatemala demonstrates that you can improve national efforts with a good external partner.

So that might be an area for the committee, to the extent that we are interacting with El Salvadoran officials, to hold up Guatemala and Honduras.

Some of the success of what we are doing... does depend on the degree to which they cooperate with each other.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to express my thanks to you and Senator Cardin for calling this hearing.

Certainly, the experience that we have had in working on Plan Colombia over the years suggests you can take a situation that looks just completely bleak and, with persistence, lead to significant progress.

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