"Lessons learned, as I see it, is that we have to have a strategy to make sure that our engagement does not reinforce the greed of corrupt leaders, and that was, I think, absent in Afghanistan."
"I look forward to working with you."
"Thank you for your public service, and thank you for your willingness to serve in this critically important position."
"I have been to Poplar Island many times."
"It would have been much more effective if you would have used the Naval Academy as the example rather than West Point."
"We are getting very close to passing legislation that will set up a tier rating system."
"I support the President's proposal to increase the budget of the Department of State and USAID by 10 percent."
"This is exactly what the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should be doing on oversight."
"I wanted to ask you first about the Foreign Service Institute as an institution and whether there are lessons to be learned..."
"I thought you might, because I have heard numbers as high as 2,000 that are needed."
"I think it does raise questions as how you make those decisions."