I support the idea that United Nations subdivisions not unilaterally confer statehood on the Palestinians without first negotiating with the Israelis.

Is it the position of this administration to deny them the ability to become a nuclear threshold state?

No one wants a conflict with Iran, but no one, I believe, in their right mind wants Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

I went with Senator McCain and others to deliver the message to the Egyptian Government that we would not tolerate this kind of behavior, that we want a good relationship.

The question for me is, 'Can you afford to lose?' The answer is 'No'.

I feel we need to impose those sanctions as aggressively as we can.

The Muslim Brotherhood issued a statement after our meeting saying that the NGO law in question was unjust.

Well, sooner rather than later would be the goal.

I think we are down to 600 American military personnel.

I think the Senator from Tennessee picked the best example I can think of simply because the Charleston harbor deepening is probably the No. 1 issue for the State of South Carolina. The Panama Canal is going to be widened and the cargo…

We urge the Congress to enact balanced deficit reduction legislation that avoids sequestration.

Egypt, strategically, is a very important country.