Well, can an argument be made that, in fact, the campaign that the United States has mounted against al-Qaeda leadership... has contributed to this?

the agreement with the UAE could very well be a model used, not only in the region, but around the world, for the development of nuclear energy

I met with the sheikh in Dubai, and numerous government officials there, and I can't tell you how impressed I was with, not only the commitment, but the sincerity of the people in the UAE to pursue goals that are shared both by the UAE and…

At the end of the day, it is Afghans who need to be the agents, with our help, but the agents of their own liberation.

My concern is that the Afghan army in much of the country is essentially a foreign army.

Corruption is going to exist as long as they depend on drugs.

I think we need to take a staged approach--'If you do A, we will do B.'

I would argue that we should nominate a United States Ambassador to Burma.

I believe we also should, by the way, change the name from Burma to Myanmar.

We need to especially help the minority areas because the minority areas have been the most deprived.

We're talking about changing hearts and minds so that we can create better security situations.

It's unfortunate that a similar scenario is not playing out today.