It is a simple fact, as you said, Senator Boxer, that no country can get ahead if half its population is left behind.

Women have to have that right, and we have to do everything in our power to ensure it.

you cannot have a successful Afghanistan if half the people are frightened and they're sitting home

The way to evaluate climate trends is to look at scientific records over time.

We know that development change can happen in Afghanistan only if women are central catalysts to it.

Women must play a role--a key role--to ensure that the protection of their rights is a priority.

Thank you so much, and to you both, you're courageous; you're brave; you're direct; you're helpful to us.

if there's a way for us to help, both sides of the aisle, writing a letter and moving forward ... we expect to see this law implemented or we're just not going to be so generous.

If a peace process is to endure, women need to have a voice in the decision-making about the future of their country.

We are dependent on the elevation of women to realize change in Afghanistan.

We can't have half the population subjected to becoming nothing and no one.

Now there's a new law--but it means zero if they don't implement it.

Do you agree with the access to education for women, access to health care, freedom to work, freedom to participate in political life?

Clearly, Afghan women are agents of democracy and change, and yet their potential is largely untapped.

Every integration effort ought to be pursued, and we all want to see everyone come together.

Lucky for them it wasn't the Taliban making the decision.

We can't lose this moment because this is really a critical moment.

This is the moment. If this moment passes, we're back where we started, and that's disastrous.

Since President Karzai has said the words that we want to hear, that he is committed to ensuring that the women are included...

The first thing that goes along with reconciliation is an end of violence against women in Afghanistan.

I think we have to be skeptical about the degree to which President Karzai is himself committed to women's rights.

We need to make sure that these words represent the deeds that are going to follow.

Now, my friend Senator Barrasso says the greatest job killer in the world. Well, we have three studies that just came out...

I am looking forward to us doing the same, and in fact taking more of a leadership role.

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