People in America are not happy with the growth and particularly with what seems to be this expanding reach.

We cannot stand up for Israel, we cannot stand up for American values, we are not there leading on a range of other U.S. interests.

I would hope you would remove the word 'success' and you would remove the word 'effective' from the vocabulary when you are talking about this program.

It is about, as the international community has said, not to pursue nuclear weapons, a nuclear capacity that could ultimately turn into a nuclear weapon, not regime change, as much as I may have issues with the regime.

I hope you will take back a message again to the State Department on how important it is that this man be released from prison, for doing something that the world does not condone, and that is simply for exercising his religious freedom.

I hope you will take the message back to the State Department that this is not a 'mission accomplished' moment.

I think we should take out of this description of what is happening there, the words 'success' and 'effective.'

I hope, as you go to the United Nations, you will take the view that America is unique and exceptional, and we are a unique and exceptional people.

This continual arena in the matters that are sovereign concerns of individual nations is concerning.

I would really hope that you will revisit the language and the adjectives and the vocabulary that we are using.

I must tell you that, in my view, we should not relent on the 2-percent goal.

Since then, we have run into a number of people who have said that they advised both the State Department and virtually every agency of government that it was, indeed, a terrorist attack.