06/10/2009
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"The idea that the United States cannot send people abroad to serve our interests, and can become familiar with a language, has just got to stop."
"I hope, finally, we're really going to do something about it, because it's just--it's stunning, really, the--almost--it's a kind of arrogance, maybe, or something, on our part, that we don't think we ..."
"In my view, in the end it all comes down to personnel--good people who are willing to reach out and listen."
"regulatory modernization will be a priority in the 111th Congress and I look forward to joining them in this important debate."