Thomas Shannon: “Our purpose is not to defend or preserve a present or restore a past, it is to create the future.”

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

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.

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.

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…