Are there other opportunities in Latin America that we need to pursue based upon that tremendous growth?
I am convinced that our economy is increasingly based on innovation.
I want to commend you as well for your outreach and your responsiveness.
For more than 50 years, the United States has had an unwavering commitment to promote freedom of information in the world.
I commend you for helping people have a less-controlled platform to talk to each other.
Those commitments should not be decided by picking and choosing which country we somehow like and which countries we do not.
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I think as part of its overall development program, the democracy programs that have been run by USAID are critical.
I think CMS has already acknowledged that there are problems with the rule and has delayed it on a number of occasions.
Well, we would love for the Department to keep us apprised of how we are going to make progress.
we ultimately feed the regime versus feed the people.