"I believe the British Prime Minister spoke about the importance of that in his speech to the Congress this morning about taking a leadership role in getting the G20 group of countries to come together to take on these secrecy laws."
"Thank you, Senator Nelson."
"What has changed that caused this spike?"
"I thank you for your personal interest in ensuring that these suicides were fully investigated and that measures are taken to prevent additional suicides in the high-stress recruiting field."
"These increases are not acceptable! We must improve our suicide prevention efforts to reverse the number of servicemembers taking their own lives."
"Senator Levin and Senator McCain, you both asked me about that and I look forward to going over that with you."
"The situation in Afghanistan has been deteriorating for several years and is now a serious problem."
"This committee has a special responsibility to the men and women of our Armed Forces to be vigilant on intelligence programs."
"I have doubts, however, as to whether Pakistan has the will or the capacity to make significant changes in the near term."
"the Iraqi Government must still enact important legislation to achieve meaningful and lasting political reconciliation and stability."
"In sum, the Swiss Government has not provided any records sought under the Treaty Request, and it is not clear when, if ever, it will."