Sam Brownback: “I ask my colleagues and urge them to support this veto override. We need to do this. We need to do this consolidation.…”

“I ask my colleagues and urge them to support this veto override. We need to do this. We need to do this consolidation. If it has not been already pointed out, or even if it has, I would like to reiterate that this is being supported by Secretary Baker, and previously it had the support of Secretary Christopher, until he was talked out of it by some other people within the administration. I think it is key to point out that lead individuals within the administration, people that have occupied key positions within the foreign policy apparatus, have said that we need to have this sort of consolidation take place. These old entities do not have a place at this point in time of U.S. history. It is important for us to be able to effectively manage our foreign affairs resources at a time of declining budgets, at a time of declining budgets, when we are going to better manage our foreign affairs budgets and resources, that they be put in together, that they be allowed to be managed and consolidated. The very essence and focus of this bill was to allow some people that are running the foreign policy apparatus to be able to more effectively and efficiently operate the foreign policy apparatus, rather than from these myriad different stand-alone entities. Let us allow some ability to be able to manage this.”