The President-elect is committed to a strengthened and enhanced role for foreign assistance and development in our foreign policy, as am I.
We want to review what we can do to that end but, unfortunately, there are indications that this conference will be just as deeply flawed.
If those efforts fail, then the U.S. will not participate.
I will do everything in my power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon--everything in my power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nu...
while we should take no option, including military action, off the table, sustained and aggressive diplomacy combined with tough sanctions s...
We should also pursue other unilateral sanctions that target Iranian banks and Iranian assets.
We will be guided by the law when it comes to applying statutory sanctions.
President-elect Obama is committed to implementing U.S. sanctions laws.
We must stand up to prejudice in all of its forms--including the scourge of anti-Semitism.
Tough-minded diplomacy would include real leverage through stronger sanctions. . . . It would mean full implementation of U.S. sanction laws...
I would.
The prospect of punishment can deter bad actors.
President-elect Obama and I will always support Israel's right to defend itself.
Short term, we have got to focus on boosting the economy and creating jobs. Part and parcel of that is a plan for a sustainable fiscal situa...
I agree with that--wind, solar. And I agree that it is an important step to do that in order to get to a sustainable energy future.
Including $5 billion in additional borrowing authority for BPA in any stimulus proposal is really key to integrating those renewable resourc...
No one is more able or more qualified to assist Peter Orszag in this work than Robert Nabors.
We need not worry about the debt, we need to focus on the jobs.
