I think we may be aided by having the support of many of our allies in this respect, but it is going to be a long, hard slog.

I look forward to this process continuing today.

I appreciate your willingness to serve in this way, and I look forward to your confirmation.

I assume you will be a strong advocate for the United Kingdom in spite of the fact that we have a special relationship with them in maintaining their obligations to NATO in that regard.

I am glad that you are here.

we have not had a State Department authorization since 2003, which is beyond belief.

the administration has announced publicly that there are covert activities, relative to doing these things.

We will not accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons state which would potentially unleash an arms race.

It is a place where change happens very, very slowly, if at all.

An extraordinary amount of attention is paid to what happens in the Congress.

As Senator Corker said, preventing nuclear proliferation is a bipartisan national security priority.

I am concerned that there is a possibility... that Congress may, in fact, in the name of weighing in, potentially try to pass something that does not do anything.

legally binding guarantees that our missile defenses will not have a negative impact on their deterrent.

Can you foresee a role for the United Nations, a broader role than is currently planned, in that situation?

How can we change that culture? What can we do to better that situation?

It sometimes seems in the General Assembly, if it were not for Israel, Palau, and the Marshall Islands, we would not have any friends.

I would love to see more U.S. tourism there, ecotourism.

I think we have the right people to do that and look forward to hearing your testimony today.