02/06/2012
https://www.congress.gov...
"The nature of al-Qaeda has dramatically changed over the last number of years."
"What I am trying to put forward here is that we cannot continue to ignore that persecution of Christians is a leading motivator."
"So is it the policy now of the United States that as long as this dialogue is somewhat successful, we are going to forget the human rights violations?"
"This is not a United States-Venezuela issue. This is for the Venezuelan people to decide what they want to do with the future of their politics."