Thomas M. Countryman: “It is not a giveaway. It rather is a mutual recognition that the U.S. and China have reciprocal obligations to each…”

In an environment as conflictive and combustible as the Middle East, making sure that a country like Iran does not have a nuclear weapon has to be a strategic goal of utmost importance.

I emphasized again the necessity to stand strong on preventing the shipment of technology in ballistic missiles to Iran.

I would like to see this administration and this Congress make a long-term commitment to steadily expanded resources for the International Atomic Energy Agency because, yes, it is that central to U.S. security and to global security.

The problem with having a gold standard is it needs to have two things. It needs to be replicable, and it actually needs to be the best.