Russ Feingold

the danger of having dangerous people released may be greater if we go with an alternative system.

The threat of terrorism is global.

I wanted to particularly thank Senator Feingold for convening this hearing.

We do have a rule of law that we have to figure out how we are going to deal with this.

I think we need to acknowledge the leadership of Senator Russell Feingold of Wisconsin who sponsored the farm provisions of the Helping Families Save Their Home Act of 2009.

As the President and the Secretary of State have made clear, security in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as for us here at home, are inextricably linked.

I do need to pursue what Senator Wyden very appropriately began, and that is the issue of the Gang of Eight statute.

In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week, you expressed continued concern about cooperation between the ISI and the Taliban.

Thank you, that's a candid answer.

the notion that a Committee can be fully informed when just two Members are notified to me is illogical

despite a bungled election in Zimbabwe, the two major political parties were able to come to an initial agreement.

A nonstarter for Somalia?

These press reports of Ethiopian troops crossing back into Somalia are very alarming to me.

I've been worried specifically about the overcrowding and lack of adequate resources in Dadaab.

This hearing will come to order. On behalf of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, I welcome all of you to this hearing entitled 'Developing a Coordinated and Sustainable U.S. Strategy for Somalia.'

I'm glad you're here to give the humanitarian perspective and to highlight the great constraints which agencies like Oxfam are facing.

Thank you, Senator Risch.

Now, this heightened level of attention to the Horn of Africa is long overdue.

Would reject it out of hand.

Would you object to the Congress appropriating these funds directly to the State Department with the exact same authority provided to the Pentagon under current law?

I look forward to hearing the results of your review.

it may well be at that level, and it requires that kind of attention.

the importance of providing operational support to Somali security forces loyal to the transitional government, and I agree that building the security sector is important and the United States should have a role in this

The recent spike in piracy is an outgrowth of the state collapse and lawlessness and economic desperation that have plagued that country for well over a decade.

I underscore that our overall policy efforts are aimed at promoting political reconciliation in Somalia, political stability in that country.