Daniel R. Russel: “The people in Burma deserve the full protection of the government both at the local level and at the national level.”

The U.S. is a Pacific nation, and our future is inextricably intertwined with the growth of the Pacific region.

First and foremost, human rights is central to our foreign policy and central to our Vietnam policy.

This is a defensive measure aimed not at China but at North Korea.

We will make an assessment based on the facts and we will calibrate our response to the elections based on our assessment of how credible, how transparent, how inclusive, how free and fair we think it was.