I think we ought to have a very firm timetable for addressing it, because otherwise it just lingers as a source of conflict.

The recent violence in Abyei and Southern Kordofan, and the displacement of many, many people, remind us of the very real human toll of conflict.

I'm concerned about coordination, sustainability, the quality of the troops in some of the peacekeeping missions.

Madam President, I rise to follow the comments of my colleague from Colorado, and I appreciate the forbearance of my colleagues from Florida and New Hampshire. I simply want to follow on the comments of the Senator from Colorado in…

Mr. President, I would like to express my gratitude to the Senators from Colorado to allow me to join them and look forward to continuing this conversation. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Indiana.

Mr. President, the two Senators from Colorado have inspired me to come to the floor and join them in a colloquy about the challenges facing our country. I say to the Senators from Colorado, I am pleased and impressed with their leadership…

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

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.

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

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

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