"One of the great disputes in the past in terms of agricultural advancement has been resistance to genetically modified seed."
"Well, I hope your reports will give data about this so-called sustainability in Afghanistan and, for that matter, in Iraq, where we still have an important program."
"the Green Revolution, as Senator Lugar has certainly talked to me about, happened in part because of great new technologies created by scientists"
"I welcomed the meeting in Tunis last week of the Friends of the Syrian People that brought together 60 nations and international organizations."
"Events in Syria will impact United States national security and the interests of our close ally Israel."
"The absence of Russia and China from the meeting was an abrogation of their responsibilities in my judgment as permanent members of the United Nations Security Council."
"There is, I think, general fear that their fate is likely to be very, very grim."
"Under the constitution, any decision placing us as a party to armed conflict in Syria rests with the Congress."
"The general prediction that I see among observers of this situation is that Assad might go, but the chaos that would ensue would be horrible with regard to the killing of people and the general melee."
"Both this measure and other sanctions, including our own, against Syria have caused what seems to be, in normal terms, an economic depression in the country."
"The development of a definable opposition that speaks for most Syrians would improve chances that the damage to the Syrian people and risks to regional stability could be contained."