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.

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.

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…

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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…