Susan Rice

I share your deep concern about the grave humanitarian situation in Haiti.

The United States has in the past opposed proposals for global taxation.

The actions and decisions of an international body will never and do never override our own Constitution and national law.

The right to bear arms, as you know very well, is embedded in our Constitution.

It's a shame-- there's no other word for it--when the only country with which we're keeping company is Somalia.

I will be very energetic in doing so.

The President-elect has also said that he is deeply committed and will act from the earliest days of his administration to support the diplomacy that's necessary to help to try to bring about a two-state solution.

There needs to be a durable cease fire, but a durable cease fire has to entail the halting of Hamas rocket attacks against Israel and the Israeli people.

Israel is a stalwart ally and friend of the United States, and we will, as we have in the past, act in our interests in recognition of and support of that relationship.

Our challenge now, and my commitment if I am confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, is to work with other member states to increase the efficiency, the management, and the accountability of the United Nations.

The U.N. can do the same job in peacekeeping for about 12 cents on the dollar.

Yes, indeed we do contribute the largest share, 22 percent of the U.N. regular budget, and 27 percent of the peacekeeping budget.

So we pay a cost from inaction. And we pay a cost if we have to act alone.

The cost to the U.S. of inaction by us or others can often be enormous.

We can't do everything by ourselves.

We face a world in which there are so many complex and dangerous challenges and threats--terrorism, the spread of weapons of mass destruction, conflict, climate change, disease--all of which have the potential to do great damage to our…

We must work urgently to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

It is unacceptable that Iran acquire a nuclear weapon.

The United Nations offers us: An imperfect, but indispensible vehicle to share those burdens.

No U.S. administration will ever and could ever cede sovereignty to an international body or indeed to any other institution.

I will always, on behalf of President-elect Obama and in cooperation with Secretary-designate Clinton, stand up for and serve United States' national interest at the United Nations.

I certainly do support elements of the current resolution that is pending in the Council to strengthen the African Union and provide it with the support and resources that it needs to be larger and more effective.

I will tell you, Senator, that I am skeptical too about the wisdom of a United Nations peacekeeping force in Somalia at this time.

The President-elect has said very forcefully that that is a great threat to the United States, to Israel, and to the region.

The broad challenge, with respect to Iran, is to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.