03/11/2009
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"I am deeply concerned about the idea of folding USAID into the State Department, particularly when we hear that 40 percent of missions across the world would be closed."
"That is not a good message for our friends. It is not a good message for our allies."
"Diplomacy and development should be driving our foreign policy decisions, not taking a back seat to whatever decision the President cedes to the Defense Department."
"I am deeply concerned that senior level positions at both State and USAID have yet to be filled."