Bob Corker

the types of issues that you are going to be dealing with are some of the most important, let us face it, not only to our country, but, because of our country's role in the world, to the world.

the stated purpose of the United Nations, which is to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security.

I believe it is crucial that strong IP protections be included to ensure developed countries shoulder their share of this global burden.

Our alliance with Japan is a cornerstone of our strategic engagement in Asia, which will put you front and center in the United States-Japan partnership.

the United Nations, which was created after a period of atrocity and conflict with the goal of bringing nations together to achieve peace and stability.

I certainly, though, would like to drill down a little bit on the responsibility to protect.

we have not had a State Department authorization since 2003, which is beyond belief.

What is it that you think we could be doing to help stabilize Lebanon with the conflict that is occurring in Syria?

I appreciate your willingness to serve in this way, and I look forward to your confirmation.

I know you are aware of the challenges that GAO has laid out regarding the lack of using appropriate accounting standards, if you will, at the State Department.

I think the committee worked very well under the chairman's leadership to produce I think a good piece of legislation.

I think it is a tremendous opportunity for us and I think you do, too.

We will not accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons state which would potentially unleash an arms race.

Our Nation's first great politicians were truly our ablest, most respected, most talented leaders, who moved from one field to another with amazing versatility and vitality.

I assume you will be a strong advocate for the United Kingdom in spite of the fact that we have a special relationship with them in maintaining their obligations to NATO in that regard.

I look forward to this process continuing today.

I hope you will follow the footsteps of predecessors like Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Jeane Kilpatrick who basically got out there and championed our national interests at the United Nations even when it was unpopular.

I am concerned that there is a possibility... that Congress may, in fact, in the name of weighing in, potentially try to pass something that does not do anything.

I think at some point we will figure out a way to pursue aid in a way that does further our national interests, at the same time does send a signal to the Egyptian military.

I was just on the Arabian Peninsula, and what Senator McCain has just mentioned about Saudi Arabia is more than true.

I do hope, if confirmed, that you will work with us to ensure that these programs are not clamped down upon but actually... expanded because I agree.

legally binding or any other limitations on U.S. missile defenses are not on the table.

I think you are going to be a great Ambassador to Japan and, candidly, the kind of Ambassador that they are used to having in Japan.

I assume that you would address that issue also if confirmed.

An extraordinary amount of attention is paid to what happens in the Congress.