"I'm hopeful that somehow a humane streak will come over all of us, Europeans as well as the United States, because otherwise the possibility of getting the kinds of yields that are going to be required to support that population are pretty distant."
"I think we have to keep those issues in our dialogue. It's political openness. It's fairness to allowing new political forces to develop. It's human rights culture."
"This is great news. Both Raj Shah and the new secretary of agriculture in South Sudan appear to be on the right track when it comes to benefiting of the people of the country as well as formenting som..."
"Is there a basis that, as we witness this process unfolding, we could observe 3 or 4 years from now that essentially this Government looks much like those governments involved in the so-called Arab Sp..."
"One of the points often made about the recent Egyptian experience was not just simply the young people in Tahrir Square, but the fact that there were millions of people throughout the country who very..."
"Essentially, one of the dilemmas in the development of agriculture in many African countries... has been this disagreement between the United States and our European friends on so-called genetically m..."
"I would note that a good number of Americans have observed that throughout all the problems in Darfur, with the charge of genocide and crimes against humanity by the government of President al-Bashir ..."
"Let me just carry forward a question many of us have raised about the lack of a South Sudanese constitution."
"It may be obvious to all of us listening today, but underline why it is important that indeed the international community, as opposed to just the United States, play a key role here."
"The ordinary observer of this would say essentially that the Government right now is the army or the military force."
"Will the international community join us in large measure, or will the United States again be the default lead donor in stabilization and nation-building efforts?"