03/17/2009
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"If I am confirmed, that will be one of the main priorities of engagement with Uzbekistan."
"But as much as we collaborate, if we zero out a program, it still leaves a vacuum there."
"I am troubled because in the last two presidential budgets, the administration has proposed to zero out the funding for Food for Peace."
"Thank you and congratulations to each of you for being willing to accept these nominations at this difficult time in the world and given the challenges that you have already referenced in the countrie..."