"That implies that the United States is in control of events, that we own them, that the outcome is determined by what goes on here in Washington. That is a very dangerous viewpoint."
"And that is why it is the Secretary of State who ought to have the whatevers to come before Congress and defend this decision."
"You have been put in a very difficult position. You have done as good a job as anyone could possibly due in justifying one of the worst decisions made by the Department this year."
"So, the question is, if Iran is giving the money to Assad, so he can give money to Russia, or if Iran is sending the money directly to Russia, would we know about it?"
"If it fails to protect Russian-speaking persons, Putin is gone."
"I would say he made them because he wants TPP to go forward and is willing to throw the Trafficking In Persons Report out the window."
"I tend to believe what Reuters reports. Pretty accurate service. More accurate than most."
"The fact that they come to you in a political package called Dodd-Frank or they come in some other package is of great interest to politicians."
"I am an advocate for multifamily housing. It is affordable, and our homeless problem can also be viewed as just a housing affordability problem."
"It is our job, when necessary, to rewrite statutes, and if we don't know how you are interpreting this statute, we don't know whether it needs to be rewritten or not."
"North Korea deserves to be on the list of state sponsors of terrorism."