03/15/2011
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"I am concerned about a trend toward autocracy that threatens many nations in the hemisphere."
"You have a government there that's conducting an all-out assault on the constitutional order and on the independence of government institutions."
"We are facing, as you all well know, fiscal constraints and a great debate going on in this city about what America should be spending money on, particularly when it comes to foreign aid and foreign p..."
"What happens in the Western Hemisphere is of critical importance to our future."