Dick Lugar

We really need to get into this discussion very quickly, as to how we're going to emerge from this tragedy.

The crisis situation in Haiti has the potential to destabilize security in the Caribbean.

Haiti has been a failed state.

We're so concerned we're prepared even to move back to Haiti temporarily in fairly large numbers for a while to try to bring some relief to the process.

The unimaginable devastation caused by the earthquake and the ongoing aftershocks since January 12, 2010, is, as you pointed out, one of the worst natural disasters to confront the Western Hemisphere in modern history.

Senator Lugar and I are introducing legislation today.

Immediate action by the United States to provide emergency assistance to Haiti was clearly warranted.

In recent debates we've had on how responsibility might be turned over to the Afghans, there have often been estimates made of how many persons will need to be in the Afghan Army.

How do you explain the sentiment within the Afghan Legislature regarding the decision on the part of some members to block several of President Karzai's Cabinet appointments?

Americans are not well appreciated in Pakistan, despite the fact that we give them a massive amount of assistance.

We had no--there was no plan in place to explain the Kerry-Lugar bill to the Pakistanis the day you passed it.

Pakistan is undoubtedly the key to the region because of its location, because of its peculiar history in terms of its interrelationship with Afghanistan.

The London Afghanistan Conference is an opportunity to consolidate the civilian response in ways that achieve greater accountability and more demonstrable progress in developing the country.

I believe you cited the ABC-BBC-ARD poll that indicated a turnaround in popular sentiment over the last 12 months in Afghanistan.

I think that's a source of greater transparency and accountability for how American money is going to be spent over the next 5 years.

Please provide for the committee a comprehensive report on the meetings and activities related to this that you, Ambassador Roos, and other officials of the State Department have conducted since your confirmation.

The proposal for the London conference called on participants to 'formulate a joint framework for our transition phase in Afghanistan; i.e., to set our expectations of ownership and the clear view to hand over responsibility step by step…

I express my appreciation to all of you for what you did to unravel it. But it should never have happened.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

I think we turned the corner on that.

An inconclusive outcome in London, lacking in specificity and effective guidelines, will diminish the likelihood of success in the coming years.

We especially thank Ambassador Holbrooke and Minister Miliband.

I welcome the chance to hear from you today, Mr. Ambassador, your thoughts about the progress toward meeting the economic, security, and governance challenges there.

This is really astonishing in comparison to Pakistan, where public opinion of the United States still seems to be on a very steep downward slope.

What is the plan for the $200 million directed this year to education in Pakistan?