Jim DeMint actually said...

there's maybe a degree of naivete in our State Department, that our friendliness and willingness to trust is seen in many parts of the world...

I appreciate Senators Menendez and Kerry's efforts to allow me to be briefed on the background summary.

The White House continually denied reasonable requests from Senators on this side of the aisle for access to information.

Last year, every Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted against moving this nomination forward.