Rex Tillerson: “Promoting human rights and democratic governance is a core element of U.S. foreign policy.”

Enhancing energy security by ensuring access to affordable, reliable, diverse, and secure supplies of energy is fundamental to national security objectives.

China's approach encourages dependency by using predatory loan practices to mire nations in debt and undercut their sovereignty.

The point is, if it's their intention to interfere, they are going to find ways to do that.

Interim local political arrangements that give voice to all groups and ethnicities supportive of Syria's broader political transition must emerge with international support.