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

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

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.

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.

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

Global climate change indeed has serious implications for U.S. national security interests.

This is simply not the time for America to pull back from the world. It is time to step forward.

those who cling to the status quo may be able to hold back the full impact of their countries' problems for a little while, but not forever.

The Arab Awakening is an unambiguous repudiation of al-Qaeda's poisonous doctrine.

Our commitment now to the ordinary people who are risking their lives to win human rights and democracy will be remembered for generations in the Arab world.

There is no military solution to the conflict.

the QDDR is changing the way we do business.

The Department of State's continuing recruitment goal is to identify, inspire, and employ qualified Americans from diverse backgrounds.

U.S. assistance is critical to maintaining and deepening the long-term strategic partnership that the United States is forging with the people and Government of Pakistan.

In too many places, in too many ways, the region's foundations are sinking into the sand . . .

One of the reasons why we're so adamant about Iran not getting nuclear weapons is because we don't want them to be able to intimidate their neighbors.

I agree teaching democracy is important, but how do you teach democracy?

Imagine what we would be facing if Libya had not given up its nuclear weapons in 2003.