Jim Kolbe: “I am completed with my remarks and I am prepared to yield back the balance of my time, if the gentlewoman is prepared to…”

Do you believe that there are reforms that can be made within the U.S. Government, USAID in particular, to help capture and effectively utilize the enthusiasm from these communities?

If you fold it into the State Department completely, what you are doing is you are subjecting it to the political considerations.

Without getting into the weeds on the issues of the presidential campaign, the activities of Russia and the former Soviet Union to undermine democracy around the world have been going on for a long time.

It has been a vocal advocate for elevating development as a national security pillar equal to that of defense and diplomacy.