Wendy Sherman actually said...

the administration has negotiated other matters of great importance such as the Strategic Partnership Agreement with Afghanistan without con...

Such matters have in the past been negotiated through treaties, a recent example of which is the New START agreement with Russia.

The U.S. Government is dedicated to the return of Robert Levinson, and dual U.S. citizens Saeed Abedini, Amir Hekmati.

I certainly hope that we can use this as a way to do as you say, which is to improve collective efforts to address the underlying problem of...