You have been pretty clear about the outcome you would like to see in North Korea, which I believe--if I am misstating this, please, let me know--which is regime change.

I appreciate that. And then I want to get to a topic that you and I talked about in my office, and that is torture.

We clearly need to take actions.

So what concerns me is, we talk about these policies concerning China and how companies have to adjust. If you are a small-business owner, it is almost impossible to adjust.

It is certainly disappointing. Clearly, and you and I talked about this, that the circumstances in Syria require U.S. leadership and response.

We can support those kinds of efforts not only in Guatemala but in Honduras and other places.

America, the U.S., has always been a dominant player in every regional organization that we have belonged to.

Impunity in our hemisphere is off the charts.

I really do think you have brought up a subject in our own hemisphere which is global.

We should not be afraid to stand for democracy.

We need to counter what is happening by Russia and other countries that are against our way of governance.

without a lot of prep work before the meetings take place, you are not going to achieve the type of consensus.

That relies on international standards, on judgment as to corruption, rather than a self-determination or a consensus determination among other countries.

Our subject is a regional strategy for democratic governance over corruption in the hemisphere from the Summit of the Americas.

The progress, which has been steady, has been slow.

The State Department should take the lead on this. Those are the values of our country.

I would suggest that the model that has been the most successful to date has been the trafficking model that we have used.

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I want to follow up on what your response is going to be, with Commerce and other agencies, on retaliatory actions that are likely to be taken by other countries in regards to the steel and aluminum tariff.

But how are you going to protect smaller companies? They are not going to have the same voice that large companies will have in regards to industry-specific issues.

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I represent a lot of small companies that do not have that type of resource on their own.

The economics of modernizing that fleet is not very bright at this particular moment.

I do believe there is a role for the NRC to play in making sure we have the most efficient fleet possible.