Jim Risch actually said...

We think it is very important that Kyrgyzstan have the space to make its own decisions about its political autonomy, about its economic link...

What can the United States do to promote a more vigorous democracy, not confined just to a single family?

Thank you all for coming. This Subcommittee on Near East, South and Central Asia of the Foreign Relations Committee will come to order.

What is happening today? Is that movement increasing? Is it decreasing? Has it leveled off?