Barack Obama actually said...

In order to equip the State Department with the tools that it needs to address today's challenges, we will need to invest additional resourc...

We cannot counter insurgent and terrorist threats without civilian counterparts who can carry out economic and political reconstruction miss...

the 25-percent increase in Foreign Service staffing that President-elect Obama has called for would do much to address these needs.

If confirmed as Secretary of State, I look forward to working with this committee and your colleagues in the House of Representatives Commit...