"But sometimes that happens in diplomacy, you get apart, things appear to be collapsing, and then they come together."
"We have been making progress on that here in New York and in -- in the exchanges between capitals. And I think that's really significant."
"It's been a discussion that we've had at, I think, very serious levels, very intensely, and -- and in real good faith."
"We haven't discussed the possibility of U.S. boots on the ground in Lebanon, but I think that we want to be open minded on what's doable here."
"It has to be done the right way or you risk finding yourself exactly back in the situation we were before the kidnapping of the Israeli soldiers. That's not good for the people of Israel. It's -- perh..."
"We could have a cessation of hostilities immediately if Hezbollah would stop terrorizing innocent civilians and give up the kidnapped Israeli soldiers. So, to the extent this crisis continues, the cau..."
"How do you get a cease-fire with a terrorist organization? I'm not sure anybody has ever done that before, and I'm not sure it's possible."
"I would like to know when -- when there's been an effective cease-fire between a terrorist organization and a state in the past."
"No member defended what the North Koreans have done."
"Senate Democrats have blocked a second attempt to vote on the nomination of John Bolton to be U.N. ambassador."
"John Bolton will have to wait some more to if he becomes the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations."
"Back on Capitol Hill, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has not endorsed John Bolton's nomination as U.N. ambassador."