In order to do that, we have to address Pakistan's regional concerns, taking into account its relationships with Afghanistan and India.

I know that the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade from Camp Lejeune is fighting the terrorists in Afghanistan, as well as Fort Bragg's 82nd Airborne, and I wanted to echo the support that I have from North Carolina on behalf of all the troops that are serving us in such a valiant way.

There are concerns about budgets in each of these countries, and yet they continue to contribute.

The will is there; the political capacity to deliver has been a challenge for some of them.

I think that we do know that some of them are constrained by some of the mandates that their countries have put on them.

Are you leaving? Are you going to abandon us again?

In North Carolina, I have heard from people who think the EEOC is incorrectly perceived as an enemy, and they would like to think of the EEOC as more of a partner.

Recently, we passed legislation that was called the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

I think it is critical that we obviously begin addressing those as quickly as possible.

I think about Senator Enzi talking about when you were a small business owner and running things.

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