"Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Middle East, remain in the forefront of the challenges that the new administration will face."
"Pakistan has a particular complexity because of its nuclear weapons capacity, but the democratically elected government has been saying a lot of the right things with respect to the threat posed by th..."
"It is not unique, however, for spouses of government officials to work and there are very well-established rules for what is expected when that occurs."
"the Foundation and the President-elect decided to go beyond what the law and the ethics rules call for to address even the appearance of conflict."
"CGI is not in the Memorandum of Understanding because they already have a practice of disclosing all of their contributions."
"I think we made some real mistakes in terms of how we have approached the relationship with Burma and I hope we can start some new ground there."
"It is one of my hopes that during my time, if I am so fortunate as to be confirmed, that I am Secretary of State, we will begin to get that balance, you know, more in the direction of putting a civili..."
"I hope that you will be an advocate of having us get off of where we have been, and move forward to a recognition of that part of history that is universally recognized, and we can move forward in tha..."
"I certainly do agree."
"I think that the State Department has a very big responsibility to improve its capacity with respect to both diplomacy and development."
"I appreciated, when I spoke with you, your commitment to Africa and your making it a priority of the service you've performed here on the committee."