Jean Schmidt: “What are we getting in return for our money? Since the 1990s, the United States has provided over $4 billion in aid. But…”

My concern is understanding China is a long-term thinker, and so it will create a strategy in the region so that it can overtake it at a time when the rest of the world is least prepared to act.

With Russia becoming more antagonistic and exerting more influence on its neighbors in Central Asia and China, aggressively expanding its economic footprint in the region, it is absolutely necessary that we, too, become more engaged in the…

I think it is incumbent on all of us to find ways to use those precious dollars in a very wise and judicious manner.

I think we need to have a real honest explanation of what happened. First off, could this have been prevented, and secondly, how can we ensure that those that are in harm's way will never have this happen to them again.