I'm fascinated by this because I see this--you mentioned something and you said never in your diplomatic career had you seen such a misnomer of the reality.

You can easily prove that grass doesn't grow. Take a chair, go out into your yard, and sit for several hours watching the grass.

If we do not commemorate and we do not remember those who were willing to risk all, it puts all of us at risk of history forgetting the lessons that were there.

What do we need to do? Because it is about the personal, it is about remembering those names...

It's critical for us to understand and it's certainly critical for us as Americans to do soul-searching of our own.

None of those things can happen if we don't talk about them.

Why would anyone ever change the status quo until it starts getting unpleasant?

Thank you for joining us today and your dedication to these causes and these policies that we work on in this Commission.

Why does it forget if it's not economics? Why do you get the pass?

I think it's important to realize there really are limits to what not just the United States, but anybody, can do.

China is always going to act in its perceived interests.