Matt Salmon: “I don't know why we think it works with China. But it has been the policy of multiple administrations to practice…”

I wish for a speedy recovery for the Sri Lankan people and hope our newly invigorated development relationship that we're going to discuss today can help meet some of the challenges left in the wake of the storm.

My experience in dealing with humanitarian crises all over the world has been that the best deliverer of services, bar none, that I have seen anywhere on the globe are faith-based NGOs and faith-based initiatives.

I personally believe that right now we have the worst policy that we could possibly have, and all we are doing is rewarding thugs.

We are no longer a bunch of pushovers here. We have people--we have a strong leader, and we are going to make sure the world is a safer place.