Dick Lugar: “Pakistan is a nuclear-armed state sitting at the crossroads of a strategic region.”

I join you in welcoming back Secretary Burns and Tom Nides, both who are good friends of the committee.

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Shaheen). The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

I am very grateful to have had this opportunity to serve with each one of you.

I noted in the Feed the Future publications a map of the 19 countries, which is very helpful in identifying precisely what we are talking about today.