Johnny Isakson

I think the enabling business environment and working with the government on labor issues, would support the kinds of conversations that I would want to have to encourage businessmen to look at Swaziland.

Your visit last June highlighted important U.S. Government programs, as well as your strong interest in achieving justice for Kate Puzey.

The friendship the United States has with Uganda has grown since the 1986 election, and we appreciate the improvements in democracy that have been made there.

But if we have turned that paradigm and those countries are taking more of the ownership of the continuum of care, then it would be a great legacy for our entire country and what we did for mankind.

I appreciate your mentioning AGOA. For all of your benefit, the chairman and I offered an amendment to the bill we passed earlier this week on the EXIM Bank, which we did not call up, but we did it to send the signal that America needs to…

I cannot speak for Senator Coons--but in our part of the world in the southern United States, there has been a growing resentment for the amount of disproportionate funding of the U.N. that the United States does through its dues.

Finding justice for Kate and her family has been a priority of mine and I am thankful for the U.S. mission to Benin and the Government of Benin for their cooperative efforts.

I think engagement by Uganda, which has been a forceful player in that portion of Africa, and our support for their engagement to help the South Sudan go from a fledgling democracy to a functioning democracy, will be critically important…

I commend you on your passion for that. And when I go to Uganda later on, I intend to meet both with the military personnel as well as hopefully yourself.

I have to congratulate and commend Minister of Justice Ms. Bedo.

I traveled to Rwanda and saw firsthand how the world looked the other way. And they paid no attention to a genocide that was taking place in that country.

Benin has established quite a strong track record in terms of democracy and good governance, as well as human rights.

I also congratulate Benin on just entering into their second Millennium Challenge contract.

I think it is very important that America's diplomats and America's politicians speak forcefully when we see a human tragedy like what is going on at the hands of Kony.

Certainly growing Benin's economy, I think, is central to its interests in the future.

President Yayi's continuing reform efforts in Benin are helping to develop its economy and his collaborative efforts with fellow ECOWAS leaders have seen Benin emerge as a leader on the issues important to West Africa.

I know its location is close to South Africa, and a part of the world I want to get to one day.

President Yayi has done a remarkable job in terms of reform.

I appreciate your willingness to serve very, very much.

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This is a preeminent issue in my State of Georgia.

If I was producing a product and I was regulated by a government entity and I had competitors, I'd sure come to the Government rather than the competitor to give me advice...

But there needs to be--and here is where I guess I disagree a little bit. I do think we need immediate international engagement in this effort at this time.

Well, more transparency brings about a lot more accountability. There is no question about that.

I really do not think a revote would be possible to create any other change in the result immediately because of the given corruption that exists today.