Do you worry that it is just simply not in the DNA of the Taliban to compromise, that we are not talking about a political party?

I simply raise it because I think we use the wrong metric when we try to understand our presence there.

there is an explanation for why we have worked the shortest number of days in the last 60 years. Everything must be fine. Everybody must be just great. Everybody must be working. Everybody must be able to afford college. The streets have…

I do not believe there are any negative down sides for the United States' interests in admitting Montenegro.

NATO enlargement, the open door, NATO's role, the U.S. role in south central Europe is more important than ever in large part because of the tumult that is occurring in Europe.

As Vice President Biden has said, the European Project and the enlargement process is possibly the most successful force for prosperity and stability and security in history, and we very much need to see that continue.

I join Senator Rubio in strong support for the NATO Alliance.

I have been a longstanding supporter of Montenegro's accession to NATO since I visited Vujanovic and others there 2 years ago, and so I am glad to see that we are taking these final steps.

I look forward to working in a bipartisan way to support Montenegro's inclusion in the NATO Alliance.

terrorism has different shades, but madrasas have been the nursery.

But from the standpoint of U.S. policy, we should at least acknowledge that these two trend lines, the increasing money going in to fund these schools and the increasing ability to recruit, is not a coincidence.

This is an incredibly uncomfortable conversation for us because it puts the United States in the position of appearing to decide what brand of Islam should be taught and what should not.

I was one of the primary authors of the accountability sections which we're talking about here today with respect to the new regulations.

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I am coming to the floor once again to express my condolences to the families of those who were lost in Dallas--the families of Brent Thompson, Michael Krol, Patrick Zamarripa, Lorne Ahrens, and Michael Smith. In Connecticut, we know the…

I am not supportive of the bill we will be voting on shortly relative to the labeling of GMOs, but I do admit the Senator is right in that this was an example of a group of Democrats and Republicans working on a solution that may end up…

I ask unanimous consent that a fellow who has worked on this issue, Dave Keahey, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the calendar year. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

fighting corruption is absolutely critical to our security.

we have got to support the law enforcement institutions because ultimately only they can prosecute the crime.

corruption is the central organizing principle of a lot of dictatorships.

the administration has said that corruption has to be treated as a first order national security priority.

supporting civil society-led investigations.

we have an emerging strategy that can work.

I know there are many that think some aspects of the regulations go too far, there are many of us who think that they could have gone much farther.

Thank you very much, Senator Murray. Welcome back, Secretary King. Thank you very much for being so available to us.