Political Quotes

I’m concerned because the rhetoric from Beijing is very aggressive, and it seems to be particularly focused on Japan.

And so we’re glad to be with you today and to reaffirm that relationship and our commitment to the U.S. and Philippines’ relationship.

Our partnership with each of your countries and the region at large, it’s in the national interest of the United States, and we will never abandon it.

Those need to be managed very carefully, because obviously, a conflict — be it economic or otherwise — between the U.S. and China would have a dramatic global impact.