You talked about political parties, but the first part of it that I addressed, what I call the difficult countries, the ones that are downright resistant and that are aggressively moving to prevent support for democratic development...there are very good reasons diplomatically why, when we have other issues as a government to worry about, with Russia, for example, we might not want to have a government agency directly involved in that type of activity, and the same might go for Cuba or China or elsewhere. That doesn't mean we want to abandon our values and commitments to freedom, to democracy, and to seeing those values spread and promoted. I think the whole world becomes a more secure place, we all agree, if that happens.
The reason I point to some of those countries in particular--Russia, Belarus, and others in there--is they're ones that experience has told us.... You talked in your speech about how Freedom House measures an increase in democracy. The places that have been most successful have been in eastern Europe, the countries immediately abutting Belarus and Russia that have taken democracy to heart quite well. So logically you'd think the next wave might be similar countries--culturally, historically, and so on--with similar kinds of relationships with people. I see a role there as well for the type of arm's-length activity you wouldn't want to see a government agency doing directly.