Our National Security Strategy defines China as a rival and a revisionist power.

we also do not want to see human rights abuses by the very forces that we arm.

the administration's comments continue to raise the political cost for any Mexican authority that wants to cooperate with us.

The status quo is not tenable and we need some strong diplomacy.

The administration has made clear to the DRC Government and the DRC's electoral commission, CENI, that the U.S. Government stands ready to support a process that is credible, inclusive, and constitutional.

I will continue to press for the protection and expansion of democratic rights.

International exchange programs are often considered one of the most effective U.S. public diplomacy efforts.

The United States is committed to supporting the Kyrgyz Republic's continued democratic development.

Members of the U.N. Human Rights Council include human rights violators such as Cuba, Venezuela, China, Saudi Arabia.

I want to echo, to save time, the comments of questions that have been raised by others as it is--as it relates to getting Trinidad and Tobago to help us at the OAS on Venezuela.

It is almost forced labor. They get sent abroad to places like Venezuela.

The importance of free, fair, and credible elections that all parties can accept will be higher than ever.