Gerry Connolly actually said...

"To protect our enduring interests we must ensure that the root causes of the upheavals of the past year... are answered by the emergence of greater freedom, greater dignity, greater opportunity."

"I am concerned that to them it seems like a second tier issue that will fade in our attention."

"how do we measure success in a program that has changed quite dramatically since its first conception?"

"Aid is not an entitlement. There has to be accountability. There have to be metrics, otherwise it is not worth doing."