Linda Thomas-Greenfield: “We know that it is more difficult to train people as adults than it is to bring them in with the foreign-language skills…”

It means that President Putin is continuing to escalate this war in a manner that is totally unacceptable.

Basic humanitarian assistance should never be held hostage to political disagreements.

We have held the doors open for meaningful diplomacy and we remain open to dialogue, real productive dialogue without preconditions.

We absolutely support Israel's right to defend itself from this brutal attack on its own territory that we all witnessed at over the weekend.