01/02/2017
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"Senator Hagerty's observation as an ambassador has been reinforced by a lot of what I have heard as I have traveled to different missions around the world."
"It would have been much more effective if you would have used the Naval Academy as the example rather than West Point."
"My observations over the years, and we have had committee testimony to this effect, is that other nations are now investing more in their sort of Foreign Service professionals than we are."
"I thought you might, because I have heard numbers as high as 2,000 that are needed."