Again, I'm not denigrating the efforts of our troops and our people. I'm very happy to see that we've been there. There was one criticism that showed up in a Globe and Mail report on November 17, questioning why we were in the Roxas City area when the real impact had been in some other islands where the other nations, the United States, Australia, the Philippines, were themselves operating. How did we get to Roxas City, where it was suggested that most of the devastation was really the effect of ongoing poverty and terrible circumstances?
On December 10th, 2013. See this statement in context.