Richard Lugar actually said...

"But in recent years, that regional stability has been shaken as Mexico has struggled with criminal violence, debilitating corruption, and drug financed cartels."

"Thank you very much, Madam Chairman."

"U.S. engagement with Latin America has struggled from perceptions that our government has neglected the region."

"You are, of course, quite right that an earlier conversation that we had with the Czech Government about the shared early warning system... was overtaken by events."