The United States emphasizes its full respect for the sovereignty and independence of Afghanistan.

National Security Advisor Tom Donilon will travel to Moscow May 3-4 to meet with senior officials.

We do not seek permanent military bases in Afghanistan.

This agreement will make clear to the Taliban, to al Qaeda, and to other international terrorist groups that they cannot wait us out.

As President, I've worked to strengthen the ties between our two nations since my first days in office.

if another nation cannot or will not take action, we will

We want China to be strong, and we want it to be prosperous.

Pyongyang is very clear that the United States, Japan, South Korea, other countries in the region are unified in insisting that it abide by its responsibilities, abide by international norms.

I think that it will see that over the long term it is in its interest as well to abide by these rules and norms.

The measures in this order are designed primarily to address the need to prevent entities located in whole or in part in Iran and Syria from facilitating or committing serious human rights abuses.

I'm willing to go anywhere in the world to open up new markets for American businesses.

This gives me an opportunity to return some of the extraordinary hospitality that I received when Michelle and our daughters and I had a chance to visit Brazil last year.

The United States is gravely concerned by the situation in South Kordofan and Blue Nile.

The importance of demonstrating the vitality of Ukrainian democracy cannot be overstated.

As such we will seek, wherever possible, to engage with the international community to further strengthen worldwide preparedness to contend with the threat of nuclear terrorism.

I want to say how much I appreciate the opportunity to meet once again with Prime Minister Gilani and his delegation.

We've agreed that nuclear terrorism is one of the most urgent and serious threats to global security.

Sweden has been a global leader on nonproliferation.