James Jones

Energy leadership demonstrated by this country... will have significant ramifications for the rest of the century.

My definition of that condition is that a nation is in decline when it can no longer bring itself to do those things that deep down it knows it needs to do for its own good.

If we want to make Mr. Putin's day and strengthen his hand, we should reject Keystone.

TSCA must be updated and strengthened, so that EPA has the tools to do the job of protecting public health and the environment.

The time to fix this badly outdated law is now.

But when questions of sovereignty kick in and they feel like the terms are being dictated, what they're being asked to do is an affront to their national pride.

I think regrettably, both in terms of reporting and in terms of foreign policy, the United States has ignored Latin America all too often.

Colombia has made great strides in protecting the unions. There is no question.

I think it is indisputable that the free trade agreements the United States has made has been to the benefit both in the United States and our trading partners.

I don't believe that free trade agreements solve all the problems, and I must admit that many of us who have testified on behalf of NAFTA, et cetera, perhaps overstated the benefits to be projected.

The fact is that the Iraqi army is moving in a positive direction and is going to be able to take over more of the internal struggle inside -- inside of Iraq.