03/05/2012
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"I'm very pleased to introduce to the committee an outstanding Floridian, Mr. Mark Gilbert, to be our next Ambassador to New Zealand."
"New Zealand's military commitment in Afghanistan has been vastly importantly."
"The question is, what kind of a democracy do we have, and do we move to higher standards, which still exist in the world now, or do we unravel what we have?"
"I had a conversation last year with the chief negotiator in Brussels for the European Union, and, at the time, he was cautiously optimistic that we could get an agreement."