"There is understandable anxiety in India and across the region about what this transition will bring."
"Ultimately, the efforts for Afghanistan's political transition and reconciliation will be Afghan-led."
"Neither India nor Pakistan want to see an insecure and unstable Afghanistan."
"the rebalance is an overwhelmingly positive refocusing and sharpening of the United States commitment and engagement to the Asia-Pacific region."
"the news accounts--and Senator Rubio mentioned a couple of them--about violence against women in India in the recent months and maybe in the last year or two have been very, very troubling."
"That dialogue is an important one to advance these issues, because they will not be advanced overnight and easily."
"There is also a desire for that engagement with the United States."
"I think it has been a positive that we have been able to engage in dialogue and discourse with all five Central Asian states."
"It happens because of diplomacy. It happens because of the magnanimity of the Japanese people and the American people."
"Is it still the position of the State Department that the best option for the training of embassy personnel in the future is a FASTC Center at Fort Pickett, VA?"
"A very grim reminder of the challenges of the job, but it sounds as if it was a job effectively done."
"My view, my personal view, is that we need to continue to push the free trade agreement in a way that allows us to export more products."