"I look forward to working with members of this committee, as well as other Members of the Senate and House of Representatives."
"I look forward to working to maintain the across-the-board vibrancy of the relationship."
"Stabilization and reconstruction is a mission that is of growing importance to our national security."
"There is a legitimate question and I think, Senator, you'd agree that it's hard to distinguish between a donation currently made and an acknowledged publicly."
"Well, my time has concluded. Let me just say that the situation is unprecedented in which a First Lady and her distinguished husband and a foundation come together with a State Department hearing of t..."
"I am hopeful that, as we go through the history of this, that people will not say, well, Senator Lugar and Senator Kerry and others were prescient."
"All donations of $50,000 or more should be disclosed immediately upon receipt."
"The best solution to this would be during your tenure as Secretary of State for the Foundation... not to receive gifts from people abroad."
"The core of the problem that I perceive with regard to the Clinton Foundation is that it may be perceived as a means to gain favor with the Secretary of State."
"I support your nomination and plan to vote for your nomination in the Senate business meeting."
"I gave a speech suggesting that Article V of NATO was violated just as severely when someone cut off natural gas."
"Your leadership will be very much appreciated."
"this was the first opportunity for the Nunn-Lugar Act to go outside of Russia and the former states that comprised the former Soviet Union."
"China is a critically important actor in a changing global landscape."
"Our alliance with Japan is a cornerstone of American policy in Asia, essential to maintaining peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region."
"Smart power requires reaching out to both friends and adversaries, to bolster old alliances and to forge new ones."
"The time when Iran is going to be capable of producing enough weapons-grade uranium to build a bomb, if they choose to, is very fast approaching."
"President-elect Obama and I seek a future of cooperative engagement with the Russian Government on matters of strategic importance."
