So it would be totally inappropriate for the Department to comment or see the report ahead of time, before it is released?

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What does Congress need to do? What do we need to resist, potentially?

If democracy is secured, Ukraine is likely to choose a Western geopolitical orientation.

Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Belarus should be free to chart their own future.

Well, I wish that were the top priority. It does not seem to be so.

When I was there a couple of years ago, I certainly saw the potential, in terms of agriculture, in terms of wheat production, but something really holding them back really was the cronyism, the----

What we need to do is make sure that you are comfortable with the oversight, but not to throw the baby out with the bathwater in terms of lurching too far in terms of restrictions on our intelligence.

The choice to join Europe is not a technical process that they negotiate in a document.

there should be no reason that the FBI investigation should be used as an excuse for us not to have access to question those witnesses

the United States strongly supports the institution of the Eastern Partnership, and we will remain deeply involved.

I have always felt that our strongest line of defense against any of these threats really is a strong intelligence gathering capability.

The main objectives for U.S. policy on Ukraine should be to support democracy.

Can I get your commitment to check into that and get that report completed and released as soon as possible?

Do you think 18 months is kind of an inordinate amount of time to take to determine something I think is so critically important?

The key question is whether Ukraine and the European Union will sign the long-concluded Association Agreement.

the most effective interrogation occurs over years, where you gain their confidence

intelligence gathering is a far higher priority than bringing people, I guess, to eventual justice

Any higher consideration than gathering the intelligence we need to keep the homeland safe?

Every time I have accepted a public service position, my overriding goal is to leave the position a little bit better than I found it.

My first priority will be to work to fill the remainder of the management vacancies, if I am confirmed.

In my experience, competition generally leads to a better result for the taxpayer and for the agency.

I think we in the Executive Branch and in the FISA court need to be skeptical.

I would like to see DHS get off the GAO high-risk list.

Encourage competition. Encourage people to put forward their request for proposals (RFPs).