Bob Menendez

If you are confirmed by the Senate, would you tell this committee that you will take control at your Embassy of ensuring that you are informed of any operations that take place by ATF or any other entity as it relates to such operations…

The President has said that the achievement of a full, frank, and just acknowledgement of the facts of what occurred in 1915 is in all our interests.

If we are going to spend $250 million on a plant that at the end of the day, for whatever reason, is operational, but not being operated, I question the long-term thinking of our investment decisions in terms of assistance.

President Obama has recognized and deplored the horrific events that took place in the waning days of the Ottoman empire

This is questions of territory, identity, and a concern of those who have aspirations of getting territory.

If we cannot accept the past, we cannot move forward.

This was an atrocity that we and the world must never forget, so that it is never repeated.

Each of these individuals, the President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, and the Secretary of State, at the time they were Senators, acknowledged the fact of the Armenian genocide.

I look at Prime Minister Erdogan's recent statements, which is to forget about what we were negotiating in the past.

There are historical realities here. There is concern of irredentism.

Of course we recognize the sovereign right of Mexico's people to decide their country's course and future.

I note unfortunately in the northern Peten region of Guatemala, 27 laborers on May 14 were slaughtered and decapitated by members of the international criminal band known as Las Zetas.

I am a strong believer in Chief of Mission authority. I am a strong believer that there needs to be transparency on any operations by U.S. Government agencies with the ambassador within the country of responsibility.

We have a very significant view as to what U.S. foreign policy should be.

It is much more than a question of a word. It is everything that signifies our commitment to saying 'never again.'

Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide... states: 'genocide' means any of the following acts committed with the intent to destroy... a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group as such.

Many of us have and had and have still high hopes for a transition in Egypt that is both more democratic and continuingly secular, but many of us also have concerns about recent actions and where we're headed.

I don't understand this continuing violence against them. And I would hope the United States makes it very clear to Egypt that the continuing attacks on people, simply because of the altar that they choose to worship at, is not acceptable.

I don't think there could be the slightest doubt about our views about Egypt's adherence to the Camp David peace treaty with Israel.

You've had a distinguished career, and you have been nominated for an exceptionally important assignment at this time in history.

If we were to come to the conclusion that we do not believe that Egypt is pursuing its international obligations to that agreement, then we would expect that we would not be forthcoming in terms of the $1.5 billion that we give Egypt?

I do have a very strong view that to have a successful economy, you need to have opportunities for poor people.

What role will the United States and international community play in ensuring that the elections are free and fair?

I think I would see my role as putting a lot of priority on strengthening democratic institutions because there is an issue of having a system that will avoid a political crisis, such as the one that occurred in 2009.

We must be ready at all times to defend our policies and programs, both in-country and in Washington.