For me, consultation is not a catch-word. It is a commitment.
Our overriding duty is to protect and advance America's security, interests, and values.
America cannot solve the most pressing problems on our own, and the world cannot solve them without America.
The best way to advance America's interest in reducing global threats and seizing global opportunities is to design and ...
I believe that American leadership has been wanting, but is still wanted.
our civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too lon...
Our larger interests will be best served by safely and responsibly withdrawing our troops from Iraq.
The gravest threat that America faces is the danger that weapons of mass destruction will fall into the hands of terrori...
If half of the world's population remains vulnerable to economic, political, legal, and social marginalization, our hope...
These public servants are too often unsung heroes.
I disagree. Yes, the conventional paradigms have shifted. But America's success has never been solely a function of our ...
We are not taking any option off the table at all, but we will pursue a new, perhaps different, approach
It is going to be United States policy to pursue diplomacy, with all of its multitudinous tools, to do everything we can...
The President-elect has been very clear that it is unacceptable; and that is our premise, and that is what we are going ...
we have not as full a brief as we need on the feelings of many of the important players.
these are matters that are part of our policy review, and we will turn to them with, you know, great diligence and atten...
USAID--our premiere aid agency--has been decimated. You know, it has half the staff it used to have.
The important aspect of the so-called SOFA, is that United States Government under President Obama, will be withdrawing ...