"The United States continues to encourage countries in Africa and elsewhere to respect executive term limits."
"Term limits encourage the development of new leadership and institutionalize a democratic process."
"Thank you very much, Ambassador Carson, both for your testimony and for your leadership regionally on these important issues."
"I have laid out some of our concerns in a letter this month to President Biya, as Cameroon's National Assembly considers the revised electoral code."
"How do we ensure the successful implementation of democracy and governance initiatives?"
"We talked about a variety of different tools available to the AU, to the African community, to civil society, and to the United States."
"I think the last thing we need on our hands is another incident of violence and instability on the African Continent."
"George Washington gave us a huge gift by, at the moment that he could have made himself President for life or king, handing back the reins of power."
"For the average Cameroonian, they look at Senegal, and they realize in the last 30 years, Senegal has had four heads of state."
"Both of you have pointed out the very constructive role that ECOWAS has played."
"I am grateful, Chairman Durbin, for your crafting a bill that insists on training, on data collection, and on a narrowly crafted response to a significant problem."
"Our trip then came on the heels of last year's elections and President Goodluck Jonathan's inauguration."