Chris Dodd: “We're very fortunate, indeed, to have two people of extreme ability and talent joining this administration.”

I had hoped we'd get in the lame duck session to the ratification of the Colombian Free Trade Agreement and the Panamanian Free Trade Agreement.

President Clinton, to his eternal credit in my view, just does not quit on this issue.

I frankly don't see the sovereignty issue as playing a role as an impediment as much as the sheer ability of the cartels to corrupt.

There's nothing wrong with enlightened self-interest.