Rex Tillerson: “Energy made in America is not as important as energy simply made wherever it is most economic in the world.”

The 2001 AUMF provides statutory authority for ongoing U.S. military operations against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated forces.

China's approach encourages dependency by using predatory loan practices to mire nations in debt and undercut their sovereignty.

Enhancing energy security by ensuring access to affordable, reliable, diverse, and secure supplies of energy is fundamental to national security objectives.

Interim local political arrangements that give voice to all groups and ethnicities supportive of Syria's broader political transition must emerge with international support.