"I think it's important to give just a little context, if I can. You know, the purpose of the agreement was to avoid even the appearance of a conflict because all of the independent professionals who do this for our government said there was no conflict."
"I can absolutely guarantee you that I will keep a very close look on how this is being implemented."
"I think that's a really timely question and it is one of the concerns that I have explored since being asked to take this position."
"I mean, we have a lot of very complicated international economic issues that directly impact our foreign policy."
"We're going to try to be more creative and substantive in addressing what we can do to create a more favorable positive atmosphere."
"The U.N. must reform. It has to be more transparent, more efficient, and we are going to press for those kinds of changes."
"A nuclear-armed Iran is not acceptable to the United States."
"our policy is, first and foremost, about the freedom of the Cuban people and the bringing of democracy to the island of Cuba."
"We are very serious about negotiating and are willing to go lower, so long as the Russians are as well."
"The idea that Somalia is just a failed state somewhere over there... is a construct that we adopt at our peril."
"We have to give a lot of thought to this and there's an enormous number of bad options that have to be sorted through."