What I want to do is create a global food security fund, modeled after the Global Fund, so we can get other countries helping us and helping people who are literally starving.

If it were up to me, I would have a string of parks, conservation parks all over Africa because it may be the only place a community can reside with some level of peace.

How about this idea. Rather than just interdicting at the border, we go to the source and declare Mexican drug cartels foreign terrorist organizations under U.S. law.

We expect you to up your game, we expect you to make sure that the money being generated for all this activity, some of it actually goes to the people.

The West; is that correct?

Our Afghan allies who fought alongside us now struggle to provide for themselves and their families, remain in hiding, and live in constant fear of being hunted down by the Taliban.

Soft power, to me, is just as important as hard power, and many times even more important.

I want to thank you for your leadership, and I want to thank everyone at USAID,--you are literally doing the Lord's work--and it is national security in another form.

The proposed bipartisan bill, introduced by Senator Coons and Senator Graham, offers all three.

Do you believe the Global Fund has been effective in combating AIDS and malaria?

we expect you to up your game, we expect you to make sure that the money being generated for all this activity, some of it actually goes to the people.

this effort to conserve nature, and protect animals actually, is probably one of the best antidotes to the spread of terrorism, and international criminality.

Conservation can help reduce the risk of conflict over natural resources.

Senator Kaine and I introduced legislation to codify the CBSI to require the State Department to promote cooperation with Caribbean nations.

the failure to provide specific answers to the majority of inquiries submitted by my office indicates the Department of State lacks a coherent plan of action to process these cases.

Would you be willing to entertain a public-private partnership akin to the Global Fund for food security?

I would say our policy is not working.

The goal, of Chris and myself, is to create a public-private relationship where the private sector sort of leads and puts their money where their mouth is.

I think we need to put money directed for Taiwan's defense needs in the bill during markup.

We need to appropriate money directly to counter the influence of China, but it will not be in a mandatory spending construct.

I don't know how much more we can do to help you in that regard.

I am willing to do a Plan Colombia-type effort with Mexico, but I am going to put the Mexican Government on notice.

We can't do more with less. We must increase our investments in our diplomatic and development tools if we want to strengthen our national security.

They are terrorists. They are wreaking havoc all over Africa.

I think now is the time, Mr. Secretary, to label Russia state sponsor of terrorism, because they are.