We have to revitalize our alliances and partnerships, out-compete China, and defend the international rules-based order.
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We're determined to maintain a strong Embassy presence. Other countries are, as well.
This is a critical moment for the United States and for our global leadership.
We do not know what caused these incidents. We do not know who, if anyone, is actually responsible.
Recovering Paul Overby is a top priority for me, and the Biden-Harris administration and it remains a priority in our negotiations.
We condemn in the strongest terms obstruction of humanitarian assistance, and we are deeply concerned by humanitarian crises globally.
We view the Nord Stream 2 pipeline as a Russian geopolitical project that is a bad deal for Germany, Ukraine, and European energy security.
We have got to get some people to start rethinking what it is to engage in some of these treaties.
I share that assessment. I think that is right, and it is, unfortunately, borne out by the facts.
Any entity involved in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline risks U.S. sanctions and should immediately abandon work on the pipeline.
I think this is an opportunity for countries, democratic countries, to come together to look at the different challenges to democracy that we are each facing.
Making sure that we have in place and Europe has in place appropriate reserves and appropriate means to counter any attempt by Russia to use gas or oil as a coercive political tool.
What we need to do now is--and it is exactly what we are doing--engage with the Germans to see if we can deal with the negative consequences of this pipeline going into operation.
A top priority for me as Secretary is to restore the traditional role of Congress as a partner in our foreign policymaking.
What they most fear about us is our network of allies, because they do not really have them.
I think it would be useful to the United States to ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty.
We are not withdrawing from Afghanistan. We are determined to sustain a strong embassy and a strong diplomatic presence.