04/21/2015
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"I look forward to working with you and the committee to make it happen, not for diversity's sake alone, but for what it brings to our foreign diplomacy."
"In the absence of it, we basically allow the State Department, with all their good intentions, to decide what is the course without congressional direction and oversight."
"I am deeply disappointed. I have been working at this for 24 years... and we just really have not made progress."
"One of the most diverse countries in the world, our potential is unlimited. Unfortunately, minority communities have been historically underrepresented."