my understanding of the President's goal was to shift from a military mission to an assistance mission in Afghanistan.

I look forward, if confirmed by the Senate, to working closely with you to advance America's interests in Pakistan.

As Secretary Clinton has said, our relationship with Pakistan is not always an easy one, but it is important for both of our nations.

I hope that when you become the Ambassador, you will come to your own independent conclusions.

There are energy analysts that are projecting that Iran's oil exports will fall by as much as 50 percent in the coming months.

I think that what was done today was probably the easy part, to some degree, in terms of determining these countries.

There clearly is a problem, based on the chart that you have given me here, with our recruitment efforts.

I would hope, if you are confirmed, that you will raise this at the highest levels of the Maltese Government and urge them to cut business ties to ensure that IRISL is not using them as a shell process to evade the tremendous efforts that…

I thank you so much for standing up for American values in this request.

Assuming your confirmation takes place speedily and you get to Nicaragua, can I ask you to commit to the committee that this will be one of the first things that you'll look at?

the United States needs to be a clear and bold voice on behalf of liberal democracy, on behalf of self-determination, on behalf of people having their basic human rights respected.

Shamefully he was held incommunicado and has not been heard of since. I fear he may have died in custody.