Marco Rubio

I think it sends a terrible message to our friends and to moderate reformers in the region when the United States is silent about their well-being.

If confirmed, what would be your strategy to encourage the Burundi Government to collect data on law enforcement's efforts to combat trafficking?

We are very supportive of the autonomous region of the north, and you are absolutely right, has progressed in many ways.

I do not think that would be our position.

My last concern, and I think it is a broader issue, is the military continues to be unaccountable to the civilian leadership.

What exactly have they done that has been so promising to move them from a Tier 3 to a Tier 2?

Ultimately it is the right of people to choose any economic model they want. But it is the political opportunities that are most important.

I think they have been upgraded to a Tier 2.

Despite robust U.S. aid in bilateral and multilateral programs, food insecurity is a daily concern for millions of people around the world and a source of instability that impact U.S. interests abroad.

In addition to a deforestation problem on that border, there is the reality that on that border you can buy a child, that there are children that are trafficked and sold as child prostitutes both into the Dominican Republic and in those…

One of the major obstacles that I found to private investment in the country is the absence of a credible land registry.

The problem, of course, has been that over the years there are now people that have taken advantage of that system or have taken advantage of that problem and make it much, much worse.

There are tremendous opportunities there for the hemisphere if, in fact, Haiti can turn the corner and build for themselves a more prosperous society and a more functional government.

I think will play a critical role in the months to come as the Libyan people struggle to reach, for example, their own democratic aspirations.

I am impressed by the resilience of a people that have faced extraordinary struggles even before an earthquake, but yet have optimism about the promise of the future.

The one thing I didn't hear you mention and I am concerned about is some of these nations' association with a Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, or what's known as ALBA, which quite frankly is, in my opinion an…

I just hope that the administration, and it would be through you, is going to make it very clear to Mr. Ortega that if he wants to say these sorts of things that embarrass him with his own people, that's one thing, but there are some…

My opinion is it ought to be one of our priorities, because one of the things that could really slow up the miracle that's happening there and that kind of economic growth is if they have to divert resources to fighting off--

The expansion of democracies around the world have led to free markets, and free markets have led to prosperity, freedom, and security.

It's time to wake up and start dedicating the resources and our attention in a hemisphere which is incredibly important to the national interests and security of the United States.

Why would any nations want to be associated with such ridiculous things as statements of support for the Syrian Government, which just happened this weekend, on the 5th of February, in the midst of what we're watching happening over there…

I view a recent trip through Latin America, a four-nation trip, Ahmadinejad to Latin America--now, part of it probably is just an effort, I think, to show that he's not isolated.

I think it's generally accepted, I think it's fact that Iran is willing to sponsor and use terrorism as a tool of its foreign policy and its statecraft around the world.

I think the largest stakeholder in that is a bank by the name of--it's an Iranian bank--Saderat, if I'm not mistaken, which we know is used to funnel funds to Hezbollah and other groups like that.

We're concerned about that. Obviously, the resources, uranium mining, et cetera, is an issue.