Chris Coons

That's why Senators Isakson, Durbin, Wicker, and I will soon introduce a resolution welcoming independence and congratulating the people of South Sudan.

I join my colleagues in thanking Ambassador Lyman and all the dedicated people who have worked so hard to make South Sudan achieve independence.

I would be interested in whether you can elaborate on where you see the interests of the United States and China overlapping with regards to Sudan and South Sudan.

I think it's started, because I think that the economic changes that the government has announced, modest though they are, hemmed in though they are by all kinds of restrictions, I think for the first time they involve changes that the…

I think that the way in which Humala governs will depend a lot on his circumstances.

But they won an election. So the challenge there for us... is how do we separate those two.

The most successful antipoverty program certainly in Latin America, but not just there, has been economic growth.

It is probably easier and more effective for the U.S. Government to work with and support the countries that already have constitutional democratic regimes.

Economic growth alone is probably not as effective as economic growth with sensible, well-targeted social policies.

I think other countries in Latin America will engage with that, and at some time the United States will have to think about in what way it could constructively engage with that.

That's different from somebody who's running and saying things we don't like, but ultimately is governing in an effective way.

Imagine how much worse off Mexico would be today, facing the challenges it faces, if it didn't have this democratic institution.

If I might, I think that particular provision within the act...may seem to have wisely reflected the inclination toward inaction rather than action.

I have real and growing concerns about the approach to the war powers issue, and in particular about the precedent that may be set here.

In the face of the atrocities committed by Qadhafi earlier this year, the United States I believe did have an obligation to protect the Libyan people from the very real threat of massacre.

I supported and applauded the passage of U.N. Resolution 1973 to protect Libyan civilians, and was encouraged by the strong international consensus surrounding this issue.

I am really concerned about the points that have been raised by other members here about the very destabilizing impact on Pakistan of our role in Afghanistan and the lack of the resources to really make the engagement with Pakistan…

I think for a variety of reasons we have heard discussed at great detail here today, a counterinsurgency strategy is just not sustainable and is not likely, no matter how many years we pursue it, to succeed in developing a truly secure and…

One of the principal reasons is in order to have the resources, the diplomatic and the military and the development resources, the focus, the capacity for lots of other important threats, to deal with Yemen and Somalia, with an emerging…

I can see that my time has expired, and not wanting to go over my time, I will simply say how grateful I am for the testimony of the panel and the opportunity to follow up on some of the proposals in your white paper.

I understand the value of immunity in terms of speeding up cooperation. I just wanted to flag my concern about how this balance is struck going forward.

And I would just be interested in whether similar protections are currently given to entities that share information with the existing information-sharing and analysis centers.

I am confident that folks both in New Castle County, Wilmington, the State would be interested in partnering with you.

I agree. We have seen a great deal in the Committee that internationally both organized crime and terrorist groups are engaging in an unprecedented level of counterfeiting pharmaceuticals, aircraft parts, other industrial activity, as well…

You cannot have a good law enforcement hearing without some new acronyms.