Tom Carper actually said...

"They were about to lose their country."

"the United States, in addition to helping the people of the region, have a real foreign policy and strategic policy imperative to remain engaged."

"If a nurturing environment is created in one or more of these countries, there will be economic enterprises around the world that will want to invest there."

"I like to say sometimes in trying to figure out how to solve a problem, there are no silver bullets, but there are a lot of silver BBs and some are bigger than others."