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in too many places, in too many ways, the region's foundations are sinking into the sand. If leaders don't offer a positive vision and give young people meaningful ways to contribute, others will fill the vacuum.

As President Obama has made clear, the United States commitment to Haiti will be sustained.

The United States looks forward to a timely, peaceful transition from one democratically elected President of Haiti to the next.

We've been trying to take back the airwaves in Afghanistan against Taliban.

This integrated approach is not just how we respond to the crisis of the moment.

I think we have moved as fast as we responsibly could and are funding what we think of as the best bets that will actually produce the best results.

Unfortunately, Senator, under the fiscal year 2011 spending bill moving through the House, critical global health programs are going to be cut dramatically.

the abuse of human beings in labor situations, child labor, other kinds of conditions that are just not acceptable, need to be addressed.

The entire region is changing, and a strong, strategic American response will be essential.

the secular opposition is coming out of the trade-union movement.

I informed the foreign minister in our last meeting last month that we were going to have to pursue our remedies because they have failed to respond in a satisfactory way.

Significant cuts to the budget could profoundly compromise ongoing and critical efforts in those front-line states.

However, they increased their commitment to foreign aid, and they did so because Prime Minister Cameron said, this is how we demonstrate we're involved, we're leading, we're out there.

Well, I think that the experience that the world remembers from Iran is a very sobering lesson.

I would like to be able to get back to you, because some of those matters are not in my bailiwick.

The evidence is overwhelming that it is economic concerns that are driving so much of what we're seeing.

My only plea is let's not take a cleaver to it. Let's try to be as surgical as possible in figuring out what is really in America's national security interests, how we prioritize.