I think it's terribly important that a moderate group of business leaders has come out in favor of fixing what clearly is broken, namely our system of financing congressional campaigns.

Business leaders cannot be bystanders.

American-based NGOs [nongovernmental organizations] have not had access to Iraq until recently, and there is now a fast-track process under way,

The disparities with Central America are stark,

I think because there are real Indian and Pakistani constituencies in the United States , we'll wind up with money for earthquake relief that may be somewhat above the norm for these kinds of forgotten disasters. I think donors still have some spare change in their pockets.

The result is that we are less prepared than we would like to be for what could be a very serious humanitarian emergency.