Stephen J. Hadley: “We need to show them that the American political and economic system works; we need to overcome our political gridlock;”

Freedom, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law are the very DNA of this Nation.

The worst of all worlds would be to allocate too few ships to too many yards.

We need to shame him for it. And then, hopefully, the Europeans will show in their response that they are willing to stand up to it.

Death squads and armed gangs are going around murdering people, kidnapping people, sometimes in broad daylight. There has to be a consequence for that. People need to be held to account.