Thomas Shannon

Our goal is to have a denuclearized Korean Peninsula.

Africa is a clear priority for the 21st century--a land of opportunity and growth--and we will continue to deepen our engagement in each of these areas.

In such an environment, it is hard to see how an election could be fair.

Arresting and imprisoning leading political figures, declaring others ineligible to hold public office, and restricting the ability of candidates to campaign and communicate with voters are significant violations of democratic principles…

We remain deeply concerned by the Venezuelan Government's continuing efforts to prevent opponents from participating in the political process.

We will continue to use funds appropriated by Congress to support the exercise of political and civil liberties in Cuba, facilitate the free flow of information, and provide humanitarian assistance.

Our purpose is not to defend or preserve a present or restore a past, it is to create the future.

To counter Iran's support for terrorism, and to counter its ballistic missile program while also working diplomatically to encourage Iran to play a more constructive role in the region.

We need to work in unity on Iran's other nefarious activities that are continuing, including the support of terrorism and human rights violations and its ballistic missile tests.

I want to see aggressive oversight by the administration and Congress to make sure there is strict compliance by Iran in regard to its nuclear obligations.

The Palestinian National Authority, like all governments worldwide, invests money on behalf of their people in a broad spectrum of businesses. Mischaracterizing this prices to exploit complex political sensitivities serves no one.