The President-elect and the Secretary-Designate have made clear that an enhanced, more vigorous and engaged diplomatic strategy is needed for the United States to meet the global challenges we confront.

The new administration supports both assistance to Colombia through the Andean Counterdrug Initiative.

if the American people do not trust the United Nations, then it is going to be increasingly difficult for Congress to make the commitments it needs to be supportive there.

the perception of the United Nations maybe that I have and many of my constituents is more that they are ineffective, they have been wasteful, there is corruption.

many nations that belong to the United Nations do not share our values.

we cannot be obligated to comply with the U.N. when they are not complying with their own rules, resolutions, and their commitments to reform.

the United States is no longer the rich nation that we think of ourselves as being.

your job is to do what is best for America and serve the interests of the American people.