It is a curious dynamic. When the Obama administration came on board in March when the Bonn negotiations began, a very close colleague of mine, Jonathan Pershing, who is now a negotiator on the ground, was actually given a standing ovation by the NGO community. I said that would be the first and last time that would happen. Now we have a situation where there is an awful lot of disgruntlement with where the U.S. is going, but I think they are simply torn between what they want to deliver globally and what needs to be reflected domestically.
On October 29th, 2009. See this statement in context.