"That's who we are. That's what America represents to the world however imperfectly. Now, we have to proceed with equal measures of humility and confidence."
"America, at its best, still has a greater ability than any other country on earth to bring others together to meet the challenges of our time."
"If you look two things, one, the budget and, you know, show me the money and I'll tell you what your priorities are, clearly, State Department is not their priority."
"We didn't wait, Anderson. First, couple things that are important, when this information first came to light late in the summer, we thought that the primary objective that Russia was pursuing was to a..."
"Well, look, we certainly didn't want to politicize things. And there was concern about being perceived as putting or thumbs on the scales."
"I think they've handled it appropriately. I wouldn't play this up."
"The best way to deal with Raqqa, liberating it is using a force on the ground that's dominated by a Kurdish militia that Turkey hates."
"Especially when actually those values are absolutely necessary and central to having the stability that the president and we ultimately want, because in the absence of that, you're actually going to h..."
"It has to be a little painful for them. But, honestly, I think Christiane is right. There are two things going on."
"It's kind of impressive to see the enthusiasm with which he espouses diametrically opposed positions."
"Right now, the president, secretary of state, are trying to rally the world to deal with the Syria CW and to, in particular, deal with the misinformation campaign that the Russians are running."