The Indian Government, which is one of Iran's largest crude customers, seems to be rebuking the sanctions.

Assuming your confirmation takes place speedily and you get to Nicaragua, can I ask you to commit to the committee that this will be one of the first things that you'll look at?

I cannot believe that the United States, sitting on the IDB board, permitted such a loan to occur 2 weeks before the election.

I worry about that, and I look at the German Government's announcement that it was cutting aid to Nicaragua due to the EU's concerns about irregularities in that Presidential election.

I am a strong believer that the relationship between the United States and India is a critical one.

The principles of democracy, of conflict resolution, of economic stability and social inclusion continue under this administration.

I appreciate Secretary Clinton's statement in January noting that the elections were not conducted in a transparent and impartial manner and that the entire electoral process was marred by significant irregularities.

it's important for all of you, as you go to your new posts, that you be firm advocates on behalf of democracy, on behalf of freedom, on behalf of the right of the people of these countries to self-determination.

Where was the international outrage when Ortega altered the constitution, allowing him to run for a third straight term?

The United States strongly supports the principles of judicial independence and separation of powers.

This is incredibly important to us.