Tom Carper: “I led a congressional delegation of four other Senators to Afghanistan and Pakistan last month.”

For too long, the seats have not been filled, and not been filled properly.

Public engagement can build trust, it can increase public buy-in, can help resolve issues, can help prevent litigation, and ultimately it can save time and money.

We help make the rules for the country, and we do not do this by ourselves.

We will do it again. Maybe the next time we will actually make it to Columbia.