President Obama has recognized and deplored the horrific events that took place in the waning days of the Ottoman empire

This is questions of territory, identity, and a concern of those who have aspirations of getting territory.

If we cannot accept the past, we cannot move forward.

This was an atrocity that we and the world must never forget, so that it is never repeated.

Each of these individuals, the President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, and the Secretary of State, at the time they were Senators, acknowledged the fact of the Armenian genocide.

I look at Prime Minister Erdogan's recent statements, which is to forget about what we were negotiating in the past.

There are historical realities here. There is concern of irredentism.

I note unfortunately in the northern Peten region of Guatemala, 27 laborers on May 14 were slaughtered and decapitated by members of the international criminal band known as Las Zetas.

I am a strong believer in Chief of Mission authority. I am a strong believer that there needs to be transparency on any operations by U.S. Government agencies with the ambassador within the country of responsibility.

Of course we recognize the sovereign right of Mexico's people to decide their country's course and future.

We have a very significant view as to what U.S. foreign policy should be.