Jeff Flake

Well, I think it's made it a little more difficult for him to round up support.

It is that we will wake up some morning and the financial markets will have already decided that they are not going to buy our debt.

If oil stays below $50 a barrel for another year or 2, what are we looking at in Nigeria?

We still have a long way to go, but we are moving in the right direction.

I just want to commend the administration for what they have done on Cuba, as was mentioned before.

I share the concerns that Senator Cardin raised with regard to OCO, the shift. This is something all of us have been concerned with.

How important is it for us to engage?

I wanted to say how much I appreciated meeting with Ms. Elder and Mr. Schwartz in my office earlier. They are going to do great in Africa.

The United States has been very much involved, and I have to say our Ambassador to the re, Ambassador Griffiths, has been working very closely with the Government and with the private sector.

Thank you for your willingness to take on this assignment after that nice, leisurely post you had in Liberia over the last couple years.

Thank you for what you are doing and thank you to the family members for the sacrifices that you put in.

Address for just a second not just the migration issues and refugee issues but arrangements that we have with Kenya to battle terrorist groups, lot of those relationships helped by our other assistance through USAID.

It will take a generation of work to turn Zimbabwe around.

I want to thank all of you for being here.

If confirmed, I would certainly look forward to working to intensify that cooperation.

How to address ongoing challenges that we have in Tunisia, which is often said to be, as we spoke about yesterday, the most successful democratic transition of those who were involved in the Arab Spring.

I look forward to hearing from today's nominees about how diplomatic engagement can help build positive economic and political trends in Benin and Togo.

I have seen that professionalism. I have seen that commitment.

There needs to be better investment.

We obviously need border security, better border security than we have.

If confirmed, I will continue to press the Government of Somalia urgently to take steps toward inclusive and democratic elections.

We continue to urge the Somali Government to begin the process to review the interim constitution and present a final version for its citizens to approve in a national referendum by early 2016.

The United States supports Somalia's state formation process, currently underway, which will lay the foundation for a more representative government.

We consistently urge the FGS to accelerate the pace of reform and to put in place the institutions, laws, and processes necessary to meet its Vision 2016 goals.

The United States continues to support the Federal Government of Somalia's Vision 2016 agenda, which includes holding national elections in 2016.