I think that my job is really to help facilitate between the President and Congress on how we can come together on how to properly fund the things that are needed.

I think that the U.S. is very much--very much has Africa on its radar, because we look at the instability in certain areas of Africa.

What we have seen in the U.N. in the past is, if there was a challenging area, they thought they would just throw more troops at it.

If you are a country that is supplying or supporting North Korea, we will call you on it.

And I think it is also making sure that we are doing what we can to take care of the people on the ground, knowing that our end goal should always be to lift up their government in a way that they can do for themselves.

I appreciated the comments last week of our new Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, who strongly condemned Russia's role in the recent escalation of violence in eastern Ukraine and insisted U.S. sanctions over Crimea would…

I must condemn the aggressive actions of Russia. It is unfortunate because it is a replay of far too many instances over many years in which United States representatives have needed to do that. It should not have to be that way. We do…

The U.S. will not lift sanctions until Russia returns control of the peninsula to Ukraine.

If in any way any country in the world or ISIS sees a break in any of us, that will show us weak.

Russia is trying to show their muscle. It is what they do. And I think we always have to be cautious. I don't think we can trust them.

We need to represent our country from a point of strength.

Absolutely. Not only is that what Israel wants, but this Congress has also said that that is what they support.