Should Luxembourg contribute more to NATO?

I think it's something that should be raised, particularly with a country like Luxembourg that is a relatively wealthy country in Europe.

We know sometimes they're not well received, but we still feel that it is important to be communicating these.

Thank you. That sounds encouraging.

In your opening statement you mentioned the work that is done with various country diasporas that exist in America.

I am hopeful that we will get it to the floor and that we'll see positive action in the near future.

We really strongly support the efforts of our partner in the eurozone.

We hope that your nominations will go forward and be quickly confirmed by the full Senate.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ambassador Sherman, I want to echo my colleagues in expressing my appreciation for your past work within the State Department and for your willingness to consider taking on such a difficult post at such a dangerous…

Another report today suggests that we are moving toward a drawdown of our troops in Iraq, possibly down to as few as 3,000 to 4,000.

The people of Syria have shown that they are no longer afraid and will not be cowed by the regime's brutality.

I think some of us think that if we could design our democracy again, we could probably put in a required percentage for women's participation.

The fact is our light bulbs, our current, old incandescent light bulbs are the most inefficient, one of the most inefficient appliances we have in our homes.

I think it behooves us all not to engage in name calling of those officials who are trying to carry out the work.

I think it's helpful to have an alternative that's better.

In addition to appliance standards what are other areas where we should be focusing on in terms of energy efficiency gains to achieve the greatest savings?

I certainly appreciate your frustration, Senator Paul. I share it in some ways.

Can you talk about whether you see a role for combined heat and power and waste heat recovery systems in a clean energy standard?