It is a geopolitical effort to deal with Pakistan, and one that we should not encourage.

We may be cutting some programs, but we are going to replace it with the goodwill... humanitarian assistance.

I appreciate you saying that because I just got back from a codel to South Korea and Taiwan and we hear the same thing there, you know, congressional delegation visits, the higher up the better because it shows that cooperation and…

I know we are going through some fiscal challenges in our country, there will be austerity measures as we have seen, but that doesn't mean you move away from the investments we have already made.

Thank you for your opening statement, Ambassador Wells.

I look forward to talking about these issues, and trade, as the questioning begins.

Do you feel the business model that we are working with our foreign aid as small as it is, but more importantly with the relationships we are developing with like-minded democracies, is enough to offset that?

do you find that more effective than just foreign aid through USA--through some other form versus, you know, just giving money out and doling it out like we have done in the past in other countries?

I appreciate you bringing that up because it is so important, because we see how China has invested...

The horrific human rights abuses committed by Kim Jong-Un are an integral part of his power structure.

We must reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act to continue supporting human rights in North Korea.