Cutting these programs will do almost nothing to rein in our budget deficit, but it will cost thousands of lives.

I am convinced that a significant financial commitment by the United States to assist in this monumental and uplifting transformation is key to its long-term outcome and to our relationship to it.

We can either pay now to help brave people build a better democratic future for themselves or we will certainly pay later, in much higher terms, with increased threats to our own national security.

These cuts are not abstractions. These are people, and they also are the values of our country.

The disruption of oil from Libya has impacted world markets causing the price of oil to spike above $100 a barrel.

The importance of that success has been magnified by the current crisis.

We are taking no option off the table so long as the Libyan Government continues to turn its guns on its own people.

I understand and agree that the American people are rightly and justifiably concerned about our national debt, about our economy, and about unemployment.

thank you so much, Senator Lugar, for your constant, constant pointing out that this is in America's interest as well as the world's interest.

As Secretary Gates, Admiral Mullen, and General Petraeus have all emphasized to the Congress time and again, we need a fully engaged and fully funded national security team.

The American people today are justifiably concerned about our national debt, but they also want responsible investments in our future.

Our progress is significant, but our work is ongoing.

This is a source of strength, a point of pride, and a great opportunity for the American people.

the intolerance toward minorities, particularly religious minorities, that we are seeing, not only in Pakistan, but elsewhere in the region, the attack on Christians in Iraq, the attack on the Copts in Egypt, the attack on minority Islam…

We will be cutting back on our support for global health, in particular, support through the PEPFAR Project.

We plan to use those funds to support an array of efforts that are under way by Egyptians themselves to prepare for constitutional amendments, for free and fair elections, for setting up political parties, to support civil society groups…

I agree with you, Walter Isakson is an excellent choice.

We must find more domestic resources, improve, vastly improve, our efficiency, and improve international cooperation.