"If the support to Lebanon's Army is not going to secure Lebanon's borders... one might reasonably ask what it is going for."
"I want to thank both of you for that analysis."
"Israel is going to make its own decisions based on its own sovereign interests."
"The time has come... to reassess our relationship with Lebanon and the challenges posed by Hezbollah."
"I think those were regrettable statements."
"We all know that the state of Israel has been firm in its determination to defend itself and, as such, will act when provoked to take military action."
"the United States stands with Israel's right to defend itself."
"I don't doubt Senator Wyden's intent to make the best of a bad situation."
"Shifting attention of the international community from one Sudan crisis to another has undermined initial investments in sustainable progress toward peace for the whole country."
"Unfortunately, the safety net that civil society, U.N. peacekeeping operations, and international aid agencies can sometimes provide, in the absence of state capacity, has alarming gaps in the case of..."
"Success in Sudan requires juggling competing and sometimes contradictory policy priorities."