the Embassy had connectivity with about 5,000 Americans.

How confident are you about us being able to get humanitarian assistance into Sudan?

We really do need to figure out how we can staff these challenging missions with adequate resources to have the attention we need to avoid conflicts.

The notifications that you are talking about, could you just explain what notifications were given to Americans, I guess, after April 15?

Do you acknowledge this is a serious issue? And how do you plan to address the morale issue?

There have been some really disturbing trends that I want to talk about in regard to the work force.

The NRC is pretty special to those of us in Maryland, since you are headquartered in our State.

My advice to you is, make sure it is in collaboration with the workers and their representatives.

That is sometimes difficult politically to do, but we have to have a way in which we can try to make those decisions.

If the resources are not being adequately used or are not being coordinated well, it is compromising our ability to accomplish the mission.

We cannot move as quickly as our adversaries can move.