The response to Pakistan was quicker and more long lasting, and more supplies (were delivered) than we had done in the tsunami relief effort.

We expect a lot from tomorrow's donor conference. We hope to see the same response to Pakistan as to the tsunami, but we are far from there because the financing is far from adequate.

If some of the capabilities can be provided by the host nation, or are not required, then we can tailor our force and mission requirements around that.

In my 25 years in academia, I have never seen such a focused and effective response launched in a quicker amount of time.

That kind of policy could facilitate a quicker response to genocide. The genocide has been going on since October 2003, and [then-Secretary of State] Colin Powell announced in 2004 that what was happening was genocide. That was two years ago, and the Corporation is only now acting on what's happening.

He called it. He looked at me and said, ?Mike, I got this.? And then he went out and delivered.