We need a long-term, robust transportation program.

we do not have the funding to maintain the existing roads.

I believe the United States ought to focus significantly on the fundamentals of good governance.

When nations want to take on leadership responsibility within regional organizations, they need to be a model in using that to advance the goals of those regional organizations.

It is a complicated group. When you are in each country they have different priorities, but I think they share a lot in common.

A commitment to your environment is compatible with economic growth.

I think there really is a genuine opportunity here to make some advancement.

It is difficult to look at how we can get that from General Funds when we do not have enough General Funds to balance the Federal budget.

But we have seen some signs of progress. Certainly I could get into human rights, which is one of my favorite subjects, and there are certain deficiencies there that are pretty fundamental that have to be dealt with.

The security and economic impacts of climate-induced shocks and environmental degradation are significant.

I think having a Senate hearing on this topic would be magnificent and would open up not only the crisis, but also the options that are in front of us.

The motivating factor for this is South Korea. They are the ones pushing it hard.

We expect to see whether that can be done, either formally or informally.

It is all about the economics, and the U.S. market is an important tool that we have.

It is all about her generation.

I think they recognize they have a political problem as well as a real problem from the point of view of the health of their people.

Well, in some cases just the presence of the dam itself is going to create a major challenge on these issues.

When I was in Korea we talked about the problems of North Korea beyond just the nuclear risk factors.