Is there anything that makes you inclined to believe that when Bashar Assad is clearly winning that there is going to be a 'political solution?'

There are concerns about recent developments in Egypt, particularly the treatment of protestors.

I urge my colleagues to support his nomination as well.

I do not quite understand your statement because there was just announced that Peru had passed Colombia as No. 1, and you are saying that they are making improvements.

But if they are still No. 1 in the hemisphere, I am not impressed by signs of progress.

I am sure you will serve our Nation with honor and distinction.

Peru has rededicated itself under President Humala to deal with the issue of illicit coca cultivation.

I think you have your work cut out for you, and thank you for your willingness to serve.

Well, I think you would have done a great job, Ambassador.

I think these four people's human rights were abused. Would you agree?

Would you agree that their human rights, their rights as citizens, were abused?

How much are we helping with that?

I do not think you get democracy in half the population living below 88 cents a day.

I guess, Ambassador Goldberg, you and I talked in my office about the many priorities and importance of our relationship with the Philippines.

Tom understands that these principles, democracy and freedom, rule of law, human rights and dignity, these are not just ideas that we tilt at rhetorically.

Had I been President, I could imagine no one better for this important job than Tom Malinowski.

This is the contribution Tom made most of all in the fight here in Congress to end torture, and I am forever grateful to him for that.

When Tom Malinowski asked me for my assistance and support for his nomination to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, I was pleased to offer it.