06/01/2009
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"I would welcome the opportunity to work with you and your staff on those issues, should I be fortunate enough to be confirmed."
"we need to condemn their outrageous behavior in the war in Ukraine"
"What can you do as ambassador to help keep tension on those unjust detentions and what we can--what can we do to try and continue to urge Russia to release people who are being held?"
"It is an extraordinary testament to history's arc that I may have the honor to return there now to promote American values in the region."