04/24/2012
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"We must also forcefully reject the false equivalency between the work that the U.S. government and the Russian government are doing in other countries."
"It is healthy for our parties in our political system to debate issues such as how to expand our middle class or what role our nation should play in the wider world."
"America's Ambassador to the U.N. is essential to that effort."
"We need to be reassuring our allies, not threatening to abandon them."