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Republicans expanded their majority in the house of representatives. This is 15 minutes. I missed you all. That is what the president said yesterday. He did . I hope you did not believe it. Never do. [laughter] good. Im going to start by congratulating my friend, senator Mitch Mcconnell. As you know, mitch and i have worked very closely together over the last eight years and i dont think i could ask for a better partner or do i think the senate could have a better majority leader than Mitch Mcconnell. Also, i express my gratitude to the people of ohios eighth congressional district. You know, ...

Courts i missed you all. I missed you all. You did . I hope you did not believe it. Never do. [laughter] good. Im going to start by congratulating my friend, senator Mitch Mcconnell. As you know, mitch and i have worked very closely together over the last eight years and i dont think i could ask for a better partner or do i think the senate could have a better majority leader than Mitch Mcconnell. Also, i express my gratitude to the people of ohios eighth congressional district. You know, my mission is the same today as it was in 1990 when i was first elected to build a smaller, less costly, m...

Waiting periods in certain parts of the country that veterans have to experience. That is what i would make on this. It has been a tough year of the v. A. A of criticism and a lot of it justified. It is completely unacceptable. Not tolerable that anyone would dr. The books and we have to do with those people. At the end of the day, what i hope every veteran in america understands, what i know that the vast majority of my state of vermont understands, is once you get into the v. A. , the quality of care is quite good. That is what all the veterans organizations say and it is true. You can see t...

Its gates. What would the Central African republic look like today if no african or European Union peacekeepers no u. N. Peacekeepers, had come to civilianstacks all by of civilians, being massacred with abandon. The violence and suffering would likely have been much worse. The one in question does not let anybody off the hook. Not peacekeepers, not that countries that fund and support theekeeping and authorize admissions. Nobody gets off the hook. It does remind us of why this effort was so worthwhile and why American Leadership is so critical. It is because places like sierra leone and south...

But all of us learned a great deal along the way about our profession, about the middle east, and about the promise of american leadership. Through sams remarkable journey and my own checkered thirtythree year career in the foreign service, i have learned that the middle east is a place where pessimists seldom lack for either company or validation, where skeptics hardly ever seem wrong. It is a place where american policymakers often learn humility the hard way, a place where you can most easily see the wisdom in Winston Churchills famous comment that what he liked most about americans was tha...