"There is a certain amount of looking in the mirror that I think Congress has to do on these policies."
"It is realistic for the Congress to appropriate money, and then ask AID or the military related reconstruction, to do the impossible when the structural foundations of Afghanistan are based on the ben..."
"My question is, is it being done? In other words, we can conceive of these things, but there are so many impediments on a practical level in a country such as Afghanistan to do things that haven't bee..."
"We just can't keep asking taxpayers to blow this money."
"I would like to get back to what are some practical steps we can do that will work."
"The reason they ended it is because in training people how to detect corruption, they used the information to do corruption."
"If I were on the board of directors and I had an obligation to shareholders... I would want an answer to the question."
"Do you believe that when a company that has been sued about a matter involving product safety... should be entitled to keep secret what that settlement was about?"
"A decision delayed is money and lives at risk."
"We will remain active and vigilant on the law enforcement side, but it is not enough."
"But you know what? What we know is that when communities face their problems, it is the first step in solving their problems."