05/06/2013
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"The ability to create a more diverse permanent staffing pipeline can take some time, but you can very quickly make sure that we have a diverse set of voices representing the United States abroad."
"One of the recommendations that we made as part of that report was to revitalize the Office of Subnational Diplomacy at the Department of State."
"Now, that is just good diplomacy because China is doing that at scale."
"I think this bill will pass. I think this bill will get more than 60 votes in the United States Senate. And I hope that we bring it up for a vote very quickly."