Robert L. Turner: “First responders perform best when they know their families are safe.”

If there is any light at the end of this tunnel it will be a diplomatic hardball and our State and executive branch are going to have to make uncompromising demands.

Throughout the conflict, the mines remain open, minerals, gems, rare earth provide the financing for the conflict.

Frankly, this hearing could now be entitled, 'The State Department's Inadequate Response to Human Rights Concerns in Bolivia Part II.'

Bolivia has degenerated into some type of kleptocracy.