If I am confirmed, that will be one of the main priorities of engagement with Uzbekistan.

If you are confirmed in your role as Ambassador, what you could do to encourage the Moroccan Government to better address both human trafficking and other human rights violations?

We need to reach out to our alliances around the world and again measure our success not by the dollars we invest but by those, the numbers, that we lift out of poverty.

I look forward to working with you in that effort.

I have long believed that our diplomatic and developmental effort to keep us from having our defense capabilities are very important.

I am concerned by the decision to revoke the stabilization funds for that region.

We all miss him already, and I think the model of service that he set for everyone in the country is important for us to share with the next generation.

As an example, the administration stripped all reference to sexual and reproductive health and rights from the State Department's Human Rights Report.

When we support women in developing countries, that they tend to give back more to their families, to their communities, and to their countries.

I think Senator McCain's assessment that we are going to be seeing some rather big changes coming in the near future is going to be something that all of us are going to be very aware of.

I think it is really important for us to remember the lessons of Iraq and some of the other countries where we have made commitments.

I am concerned that this administration is beginning to chip away at that commitment to gender equality and women's empowerment.

This goes to educating girls. This goes to empowering women, whether it is through small business empowerment programs or through their own maternal health.

It is important for men to understand that women are productive and engaged members of their societies.

They were interested in trying to maintain stability in that part of Syria.

It was really heartwarming to drive down the roads and see kids walking along flashing victory signs when they saw our military vehicles.

I am very concerned that what we are doing in pulling back on our support for family planning, actually putting more families at risk, seeing more abortions, more maternal deaths as the result of that.

Political corruption undermines peoples' faith in their government leaders and institutions.