Patrick Leahy

We recognize the responsibility that comes with that to work with partners, including the World Bank and other donors, to try to mobilize efforts in a very connected way to those local leaders that have capacity there.

How many of your political appointees and other top positions are still waiting for final approval by the White House?

Well, of course, at the same time the State Department and others are going to have to bring some pressure on some of the governments to actually do the things necessary.

Do you think USAID should be doing the same thing? In other words, a quid pro quo, or is that naive to think that you can do that in some areas?

I couldn't think of a better way to invest U.S. dollars and I think our taxpayers would agree to give a free quality universal education to the 4.5 million children in Haiti that really have no access today.

It might also help with the State Department to let them know exactly where their money's going, too.

I, and I believe most people here, want USAID to succeed.

I think we need to make that as clear as we can, and we want also to use the metrics that we've developed.

You can't have a democracy, a real democracy without a functioning justice system.

Roads. We need roads. Today, we women, we are the roads carrying things.

Nothing would bring about more effort to cut off money if it turns out that it wasn't spent well.

I want to avoid what happened in Iraq where, you know, cargo planes full of money came in.

I think you are and will be an inspiration to the people in USAID.

Please keep it a priority.

I want to make sure Bond gets a chance to be heard.

I worry about the billions that were wasted in the years past because there seemed to be an emphasis on burn rates more than on results.

Secretary Clinton, I commend you for your unbelievable energy, not only in the work you do at the State Department but around the world in representing the United States.

They asked, is it true that in the United States people actually sue the government on occasion?

I think our procurement process almost systematically excludes a lot of local leaders from being real participants in our efforts and that needs to be fixed in order to really help us be successful.

I think we need to be clear that we believe Jerusalem's the capital of Israel and we're going to--we're going to act that way.

I think Dr. Shah's the right person at the right time and the right place.

I know the chair and I agree that your leadership is critically important at this time.

We learned in Iraq that spending lots of money quickly can end up with a lot of fraud and waste.

I would like to sit down with you and see how objective a picture you got

There was an Op-Ed in last Sunday's New York Times by Bono entitled 'Africa Reboots.'