Patrick Leahy

Incidentally, we urged him to move as quickly as he could on that.

I have heard over and over from people that they want a government that cares more about the Haitian people than it does about itself.

Please keep your embargo. They want to keep the United States out of Cuba while they get a foothold.

Senator Coons of Delaware and I met with him, and then I personally raised his case with President Raul Castro.

Many of us will continue to work to get him released and back to his family.

I do not agree with the kind of censorship that goes on in Cuba.

I am one who feels... that in some ways our embargo has been one of the best things going for them.

I get frustrated when I see one more government that might become a theocracy.

We should follow up on that because, as Senator Graham also said, getting foreign aid bills passed is not the most popular thing back home.

Keep me posted on this, and please know that it is a priority and has been a priority for some time.

We are trying aggressively to change the way we partner, to partner more directly and in a more collaborative way with institutions of faith

I think General Allen has a good military plan to withdraw.

I applaud your efforts to come up with a transition plan.

There is no way that impoverished, corrupt government can come up with that kind of money even assuming it wanted to.

We appreciate your efforts. You are taking steps to improve efficiency and reduce costs, which are reflected in your budget request.

USAID's programs have helped to improve agricultural productivity, rather than countries having to import food.

I do worry about safe havens for al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations developing in Africa.

For $25,000, this well with clean water helped this group protect more than 100,000 people from the threat of cholera.

We still do them because it is the right thing to do.

The foreign aid budget is about 1 percent of the total budget.

I am just wondering why we fund big NGOs that have no track record in a country if we have a small NGO that has a good track record?

We will continue to try to help make those sanctions as effective as possible.

If we don't do that, then we don't deserve the privilege we have as citizens of this country.

I think it is somewhat incongruous to say we are doing this to show solidarity with Israel.

By extending freedom, opportunity and dignity to people throughout the world, we express our core American values and demonstrate American leadership.