Rising debt levels pose a national security threat in two ways. It undermines our capacity to act in our own interest, and it does constrain us where constraint may be undesirable....
Our view is let's get in there, let's get the good things out of it that we can.
Neither Iran nor al Qaeda had anything to do with these uprisings.
I think about, 5 or 10 years, seeing a situation like you are describing develop, where at least southern Iraq or, maybe all the way up into...
I am more than proud to have the United States help countries in need. But it is very hard to accept helping a country that won't help itsel...
Both President Bush and Secretary Rice realized that we were just not equipped to do what we were expected to do.
We think that Iran would try to influence anybody anywhere against their own governments and against us.
There is going to have to be a deal. And the deal is going to have to put everything on the table.
We are in a competition for influence all over the world right now.
We have urged the Government of Bahrain to respect those rights.
We share your commitment to freedom and democracy for the Cuban people. That is an absolute ironclad commitment.