"if Putin and Medvedev were serious, about dealing with the election fraud, they would need to create an independent commission"
"To many Russians, their country in the last few years has once again become a place where those with political power, or political connections, can do what they want without regard to the law or to th..."
"It's also the moment where we have the maximum amount of leverage on the people who may form that government in the future."
"I think there's a very strong argument here for patience and for following the kind of approach that the United States followed, for example, in the case of Kosovo."
"I'm not entirely comfortable with the use of the term 'civil war' in this case."
"I still prefer those uncertainties to the certainties we would have faced, had this not happened."
"I think there should be much more focus on sending civilian teams to start addressing these and other challenges of governance."
"I do not think we give them any homage by calling them 'unlawful combatants' because unlawful combatants do not enjoy any honor or prestige associated with lawful combatants."
"Unlawful combatants may be punished for their unlawful belligerence because they do not have combatant unity."
"It is a venerable concept. Certainly, I occasionally have to deal with the question. People think that it was somehow invented in the Bush administration."