Bob Corker: “The spiking of the ball and the thinking that when Osama bin Laden was gone that was the end of al-Qaeda; we know…”

We need to make every dollar of our limited foreign aid resources count by addressing problems where we can have a real impact on people's lives.

I thank the Senator from New Jersey and our distinguished ranking member for his question and for working with me to pass this important legislation. ____________________

I can understand from the people's perspective that are doing this why they would want to go forward. And I understand that.

I ask again the Senator: For those of us, many in this body, including the Senator from Indiana, who worry that the mere refueling that may take place in Mali, where maybe we are supporting French troops, or the refueling in other…