01/12/2009
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"It would be unconscionable, I think, to leave this post in its current state of transition during that period of time."
"But progress in Iraq remains very vulnerable to political rivalry, outside interference, and the slow pace of economic reconstruction."
"There is clearly an avenue, not just simply to win the hearts and minds of the Iraqis, but, as a matter of fact, to work on fundamental situations against poverty."
"The widely endorsed Global Food Security Act of 2009 (S. 384), known as the Lugar-Casey bill, would authorize significantly larger investments in agricultural education, extension, and research."