We urge the candidates to run responsible campaigns, to abstain from inflammatory rhetoric that could incite violence.

It is very difficult to understand how we move forward in that respect, and a very difficult situation we put our diplomats in in that respect.

The next major test for democracy in Turkey is whether and how to proceed with reform of their constitution.

The Syrian Government is, therefore, a major source of instability in the region, and American interests, and those of the Syrian people, will be better served when Assad steps aside.

We continue to raise our concerns regarding the restoration of confiscated religious property to minority communities.

How do we explain greater repression, unimaginable that it could be more repressive, but nonetheless that's the reality.

I see that the lack of exertion by State and Treasury on behalf of a capital increase for the Inter-American Development Bank, the only--only--regional bank to not receive the full amount of its requested capital increase.

Cuba is violating the rights of an American, and it appears to be solely for trying to get leverage over America, which we will not tolerate.

You stop the money; the regime gets the message.

So if you are to be confirmed----

Funding for the region suggests that it is not a priority for this administration and that we haven't yet made the connection between poverty, citizen security, transnational crime, narcotics trafficking, and U.S. interests.

The administration has expressed its strong disappointment both publicly and privately in meetings with senior Russian officials.