If China wants to become a true superpower standing next to the United States, then they have to accept that they need to play by international norms.

America stands by our allies and that the existence of the Philippines, a treaty ally, as a competing claimant...

I appreciate the work that you will do on this.

the United States stands with the people of Ukraine.

President Compaore has proven to be a leader, especially in mediating many of these conflicts.

Thank you to both of our witnesses.

the skills that normally come into this country complement rather than simply replicate the skills of American workers.

we have to speak out, as you said and as I said in my opening, when we disagree.

I think that we should be troubled by the prospect of Erdogan trying to rearrange the constitution as a means of continuing his reign there beyond what has been expected by the people of Turkey.

There has been a lot of legitimate questions raised as to what the future of NATO is.

The heinous attack in recent days that we witnessed in Nairobi, Kenya serves as a stark reminder of the challenges that the United States and our allies face.

Our strategic relationship with these partners is of vital importance to promoting global security and prosperity.

The Netherlands can potentially be an important ally in our effort to pass a comprehensive free trade agreement with the EU.

If confirmed, you are going to be called upon to serve and advance the interests of the American people in your respective missions.

Yesterday, the United States--Secretary Kerry--took a really important step toward controlling the flow of these weapons into civil wars to be used in mass atrocities by signing the Arms Trade Treaty.

It was really major consensus in the U.N. General Assembly on this.

I think we are going to have a lot of work to do to try to debunk this mythology about the treaty.

I just hope that while you are there that you will watch very carefully both the development of that organization as it rebounds from the death of its founder.