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Has made a number of public comments. We held a hearing, many members, republican and democrat, were present on the question of fragile states. He is, i think, appropriately highlighting that the cost of restabilizing countries like libya, syria, iraq and continuing to hold together countries like nigeria and pakistan is going to be substantial. And we need to engage in a bipartisan and thoughtful way in advancing why it is in americas interests to prevent the collapse of even more larger and potentially dangerous states. Im really grateful for your presence. Thank you. Senator cardin for a closing comment. Thank you. I want to thank both of our witnesses for being here. I certainly agree with both of your statements about the United States must reassure our gulf state partners and israel of our commitment to their security. I do just make the observation, we all talk about being strong in regards to iranian activities that are not ....
Im going to test them against the national interests, test them against principles and values, and what i and my advisers think is doable here. Then how do i address the probably . I think thats the way it would work, so its going to depend upon each specific issue that comes before the commander in chief. Im going to follow up in a second. I think its important for those who will be president to communication their vision of the Foreign Policy they intend to bring, and its important to do that in some detail. I hope we can have that during the course of this campaign. I think its important for the next president to communicate that with confidence, because as we both discussed here today, the United States is and has the resources to be the leading nation in the world and should be, and i think its required to lead leading nation in the world. I think its important for us to ....
Success, but its also your ability to make it go broadly across the nation. And thats how i think about that. Thank you. The Affordable Care act gave us tools to help reduce the cost of health care and improve outcomes. And im glad to hear that you plan to use them. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, senator. Senator isaacson. Ms. Burwell, good morning. Good morning zpl as you know from our conversations the last couple of days, theres no challenge that i have before me as a United States senator more important, including your confirmation, that gave the savannah harbor project in my state. Senator chambliss worked for 16 years to go through all the steps at noaa, epa, omb, corps of engineers, fish wildlife to get every approval we could get including getting the Vice President to join us on the docks in savannah and ma ....
Single borrower limit, weve increased by 50 basis points. Forerms of advice countries, that has not been increased. The concessional loans for the poorest countries are focused are zero interest with a 40 year maturity. That has not changed. For some countries, especially the very poorest, we still provided grants. The fees have only change for a very small percentage of countries. We are very grateful because they had to approve that. As you can imagine, it was not an easy conversation. We take this as a vote of confidence that despite the increase of cost, these countries are ready and willing to pay best because they like what they get from the world bank group. In terms of intermediaries, it has been one of the strategies that we have used in terms of making access to finance and reality. I can tell you the vast majority of the Financial Intermediaries we invested in our local banks. Its is our way of making financin ....
Integrating of the individual on the i. T. Side and the business side. Those are all three things that even right now at gsa three weeks ago implemented some of the things that we think will improve availability of providers to get access and work in that way. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you were senator hagen. Senator white house. Thank you, chairman. Welcome, ms. Burwell. In your summary of your very impressive career you describe yourself as having had the opportunity to lead large and complex organizations and work across a range of issues in each odds my role i worked on forming strong teams, forging relationships and delivering results. Has it been your experience that having solid clear performance metrics is an advantage. It is a an advantage to know where youre headed. Thats part of the accountability that you just described to senator hagen, correct . Yes. Knowing where youre headed and how youre going to measure whether you get there or not is important. Under ....