Edward Markey actually said...

"Ambassador Henry Kissinger has said that Samantha, 'has an excellent analytical mind, and even on matters where I might have come to different conclusions, I respected her analysis.'"

"I applaud Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield for taking this subject up as one of the first things that she does."

"I think you would be enormous assets to ensuring that we have a safer better world that we are living in for everyone in our society."

"The U.S. must reassert itself as a global leader capable of confronting complex challenges."