Jeff Flake actually said...

promoting some of the values that we uphold, rule of law, will require our technical assistance

I think we have gone from virtually very little Cuban employment outside of the Government sector to today about one in four Cubans employed...

Are there efforts and cooperation that is taking place to make sure that piracy does not gain a foothold there?

if confirmed, our embassy will be very engaged in that effort with the Government of Gabon.