the impact of the de facto moratorium on the Gulf Coast states.
American energy independence, that is what we are talking about.
the Nation was on course for a cataclysm that could have rivaled or surpassed the Great Depression.
If you do not act in the next 2 weeks, we will have a global financial meltdown.
I believe American taxpayers deserve more accountability for their dollars.
What would you do in Afghanistan?
there's maybe a degree of naivete in our State Department, that our friendliness and willingness to trust is seen in many parts of the world...
U.N. peacekeeping missions must have more accountability--much more.
The United Nations has been unacceptably slow to reform.
The United States should examine these cuts and take similar actions.
Are you willing to cut funding for these missions where women and children have been abused?
I don't think there's much, if any, disagreement in this room that not only will the administration demand results from the U.N. and from th...
We are not going to have economic and political freedom where no religious freedom exists.
I have seen an unwillingness at the State Department to address seriously religious freedom and religious persecution issues.
I think the advance of our vital national security interests, which include the values that we hold dear, is very important, but I absolutel...
I appreciate Senators Menendez and Kerry's efforts to allow me to be briefed on the background summary.
So I think the United States is at its best when we live our values and live our interests, try to influence others to meet our national sec...
clarity of purpose is very important for us.
