the foreign affairs budget and the United States aid overseas is going to go from a compassion-driven appropriation to a politically driven appropriation.
So tell him I have not forgotten that conversation, and I encourage him to invest in his people.
I commend each of you on your willingness to take those posts on.
I mean, any time the King can dissolve the Parliament, you got one person in charge.
We are scared to death that the South Sudan and the North will get into a civil war like what happened in the past.
I think one thing I would do if confirmed would be to stress in diplomacy and public diplomacy that these attributes are things that we, the...
I appreciate your willingness to serve very, very much.
President Yayi has done a remarkable job in terms of reform.
I know its location is close to South Africa, and a part of the world I want to get to one day.
President Yayi's continuing reform efforts in Benin are helping to develop its economy and his collaborative efforts with fellow ECOWAS lead...
Certainly growing Benin's economy, I think, is central to its interests in the future.