I think the administration generally speaking has done a good job in communicating.
I believe that the global community cannot be on the sidelines while airplanes are allowed to bomb and strafe.
theirs was the appropriate approach.
it's extraordinarily important for every element of the U.S. Government to send a message to the world that we recognize that we have global...
The United States and its allies, I think, have an enormous responsibility...
Last year was the most dangerous in recent memory on the Korean Peninsula, certainly the most dangerous since the end of the Korean war, in ...
The U.S. response has been measured, but firm. We've strengthened sanctions and intensified coordination with our key allies, South Korea an...
We have to get beyond the political talking point that engaging North Korea is somehow 'rewarding bad behavior.'
Colonel Gaddafi has proven himself to be a brutal human being.
North Korea is making that a hard objective. It's expanded its nuclear and ballistic missile programs in defiance of the U.N. Security Counc...
Our goal must be to break the cycle. And that is, indeed, what the United States is determined to do.
President Obama has repeatedly declared his intention to break that pattern of behavior.
I believe that the worst-case military provocations that we witnessed in 2010 will not be repeated except in extraordinary circumstances.
Yes; it is. The most important factor in this is the change in South Korea's willingness to respond to North Korean provocations with force.
North Korea is the land of lousy options.
The risks of maintaining the status quo, in my judgment, are grave.
Given these very real risks, the best option is to consult closely with South Korea and launch bilateral talks with North Korea when we deci...
In the absence of that, we don't have a chance of even finding out what it's all about.