"The ability is not by direct intervention of the United States, but by assisting the hybrid African Union-U.N. forces."
"If we are to have any meaning to never again being something of import, then we must do more than just simply stand by the sidelines."
"I think this nomination hearing is one of the most important this Committee will hold."
"It is my sincere honor to introduce Cecilia Rouse as President-elect Obama's nominee for the Presidential Council of Economic Advisors."
"I hope you will come, after you're the Interior Secretary, with me to the Statue of Liberty, help me break the shackles on the crown."
"She will not only be the first African American Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, I believe she will be the best Environmental Protection Agency Administrator we have seen in the history ..."
"I am confident that the Committee and the full Senate will see that she is eminently qualified for the position and will confirm her for this important post."
"Finally, as Senators, we all know that we can't make all the people love all the decisions we make all of the time."
"the housing crisis, I will only echo what others have said, is unquestionably at the very root and the very heart of the economic crisis our country faces today"
"I appreciate the significant voluntary steps that go above and beyond the requirements of the law and ethics regulations."
"this is an unbelievably important moment for our country, for the world, that's waiting for this leadership."