I think your offices can help improve the relationship between two of our closest allies in the region.

As one of my first requests under your response to the chairman, will you use your office, the best that we can, to help resolve these open cases?

It was a remarkable opportunity. What Senator Menendez said about your uncle is absolutely true.

Well, Mr. Chairman, you are absolutely right, it is an easy question, but when you start to hear the requests from Members of the United States Senate we hope that your respect will continue.

As Senator Menendez said, this is a commitment of the entire family.

We are very appreciative of that, and the Diet's taken action to pass the necessary laws.

The Federal workforce has not had a better champion than you, and the Federal workforce... needs some champions.

We strongly support your statement about accountability of those missing in action and that we get full accounts of all of our service men.

We are going to put a spotlight on human rights issues.

I appreciate your cooperation.

We talked about good governance. We talked about human rights issues.

The freedom of expression is very much not respected in the country.

Thank you very much, Mr. Berry.

I was very disappointed and surprised in my visit to China to see how widespread religious persecution has gone.

Well, I cannot think of a more appropriate ambassadorship than Australia where he will, I think, create the type of relationship between two friends who are leaders on economic and environmental and military issues that will help us in the…

You need our consensus; therefore, back off, on different issues.

I greatly appreciate the constant efforts by you and the President to defend Israel at the United Nations and other international bodies.

Will you commit to us that the United States will stand strong on the human rights basket within the OSCE as it relates to Russia?