01/14/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"Well, look at yourself. You came here sweeping floors for, what, $2 an hour and have your own business and look what you have done to help people in Vietnam."
"When the United States invaded Iraq, we knew we would need a similar program there, especially as the civilian casualties began to add up and anger was felt toward the United States by the very people..."
"In 2003, at the urging of Senator Patrick J. Leahy, USAID's Afghanistan Transition Initiative was established."
"One of the key ingredients that we are seeing from our lessons learned so far, if you will, is that the pace that we can make progress toward sustainability..."