I am delighted it is you.

President-elect Bush hit a home run.

We deplore the increased violence in the area and encourage the parties to do all possible to bring it to an end.

I want to close by just touching on a few other areas that are cross-cutting.

Women in this world are suffering greatly.

I want to congratulate you on the work that you spearheaded to bring into proper alignment America's commitments, financial and otherwise, to that important organization, the United Nations.

One of the most extraordinary debates in the Congress of the United States, and most particularly in the Senate of the United States, on whether or not to utilize force to authorize the President, then George Bush, to use force, was…

I hope we can work together.

I think it is a distorted sense of priorities. I also think it is a dangerous policy.

Our colleague Senator Wellstone has taken the lead in a lot of these areas.

I just wanted to tell you that I am going to be watching it very carefully in terms of the human rights abuses in Colombia.

I know there are some contentious issues--family planning.

I would hope that now we would broaden that relationship and say we will lift the economic sanctions that we have on India.

I think it really wants to be better tied to the United States.

It is intolerable to have this taking place. Yet, it is Africa, so what happens?

I have been rather vocal over the last 4 years about speaking out against our own unilateral sanction imposition.

Not since the distinguished service of General George Marshall has a soldier-statesman come to this position with Secretary-designate Powell's degree of experience.

I believe Secretary-designate Powell is extraordinarily well-prepared to meet these challenges.