The President-elect has said very forcefully that that is a great threat to the United States, to Israel, and to the region.
I will tell you, Senator, that I am skeptical too about the wisdom of a United Nations peacekeeping force in Somalia at this time.
I certainly do support elements of the current resolution that is pending in the Council to strengthen the African Union and provide it with...
No U.S. administration will ever and could ever cede sovereignty to an international body or indeed to any other institution.
The United Nations offers us: An imperfect, but indispensible vehicle to share those burdens.
We must work urgently to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
We can't do everything by ourselves.
So we pay a cost from inaction. And we pay a cost if we have to act alone.
The U.N. can do the same job in peacekeeping for about 12 cents on the dollar.
There needs to be a durable cease fire, but a durable cease fire has to entail the halting of Hamas rocket attacks against Israel and the Is...
I will be very energetic in doing so.
the right to bear arms, as you know very well, is embedded in our Constitution.
I share your deep concern about the grave humanitarian situation in Haiti.
It is unacceptable that Iran acquire a nuclear weapon.
We face a world in which there are so many complex and dangerous challenges and threats--terrorism, the spread of weapons of mass destructio...
The cost to the U.S. of inaction by us or others can often be enormous.
Yes, indeed we do contribute the largest share, 22 percent of the U.N. regular budget, and 27 percent of the peacekeeping budget.
Our challenge now, and my commitment if I am confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, is to work with other member states to incr...
