The United States is a Pacific nation in terms of our history, our culture, our economy, and our national security.
the best way for the United States to be understood inside these isolated countries is to do what we can, according to t...
The United States is the leading power of Asia.
For ASEAN to be effective, to be the dominant institution of Asia... it has to have a greater leveling effect.
if we are not consistent in how we deal with these incidents, such as locking up dissidents and these sorts of things, i...
The nongovernmental impact of the United States is enormous in Asia.
It's an across-the-board concern that we have.
I think it is incumbent on the United States to raise those issues at the highest levels.
I totally agree with you. We tend to forget, in this country, the amazing story of Japan since the end of World War II.
One of the precepts in ASEAN is that, if you are a member, then you are treated equally inside ASEAN, as a member.
And this doesn't just to go into the China situation. It's to talk about, fundamentally, whether we have a consistent po...
this is, I think, a fresh opportunity to try to bring some consistency into our policies.
I think we need to be clear here, it was just signed, as of this month.
We have clearly articulated, from a governmental perspective, different standards, in terms of electoral process, openne...
Many on the other side of the aisle recently have taken the position that deficits are a bad thing, while simultaneously...
This year, 24 Republicans joined us in fiscal responsibility.
Although we did not create the deficit, we have a moral responsibility to address long-term deficits.
It is important to note that we did not invent the concept of a budget deficit.
