04/01/2014
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"I am humbled by the honorable mission President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Secretary Blinken have asked me to take on as Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago."
"I think it is the second poorest country in the hemisphere. But more importantly and just as important is the--I mean, this is a country where the president arrested every one of his political opponen..."
"Even those who strongly believe that Cuba and Venezuela should have been invited pretty much said Nicaragua was a disaster."
"It is my hope that colleagues would eventually wake up to the need to do that."