You have to shrink their space everywhere.
The plan is to destroy it. But on the way, we first need to shrink it to a manageable problem.
The president has talked about this going back some months working with Congress to build support, to train the moderate opposition.
We are going to defeat ISIL.
We believe that Egypt will be more stable and prosperous when all its citizens are allowed to organize in an open, vibrant civil society.
giving real meaning to the word 'consultation.'
We need to look at all options to find the most effective way to encourage the Venezuelan Government to respect democratic principles.
We want to keep that in place as long as possible.
If confirmed, I will do my best to uphold the standards of professionalism that I learned here in this room, in these halls, and I pledge to...
I am grateful to the President for the privilege of this nomination and I am grateful to two past chairmen of this committee.
That is something we would very much like to work on with you.