We have not been shy about this.

The people of eastern Congo, particularly the women of eastern Congo, have to believe that the military is there for them, not to be an opportunity for abusing them.

I am cautiously optimistic about the road ahead.

This is one where I think more clarity needs to come, and this is why I focused, when we talk about DDR, on the need for more clarity with regard to the reintegration part.

The highest levels of the U.S. Government are now committed to helping the DRC and the Great Lakes region realize peace and development.

They passed an amnesty law that does not allow amnesty for those types of individuals.

I will be urging our fellow donors in Europe next week to do this.

In that document is a pledge to give no support whatsoever to illegal armed groups in the DRC.

If there is any evidence of this M23 rebellion reconstituting itself... it will be met very directly and with force.

It is part of the Congolese system, but it benefits from the addition of international jurists, often African jurists, who will help increase the credibility and expertise of the court so it is credible.

This is the moment when the Democratic Republic of Congo has to show it can have credible elections.

What Secretary Clinton did by looking at this issue and sticking with it was a very important step in the right direction.

The highest levels of the U.S. Government are committed to helping the DRC and the Great Lakes region permanently break the cycle of violence.

This is not permitted under the Nairobi Declarations.

This region has been brutally exploited by colonial powers and by other countries in a way that is shameful and has denied the birthright of the Congolese people.

We raised this issue with the Rwandan Government that we had seen a credible body of reporting that that was happening.

Not only is democracy in the Congo problematic, particularly following the 2011 elections, but those in neighboring countries as well.

We need more clarity from the Democratic Republic of Congo and not simply how much they intend to devote to this but also exactly the kinds of things you were describing.