George H.W. Bush: “I'm going to continue to put forward what I think are the domestic priorities for this country and work to see them…”

American officials must heed the lessons of the short-lived coup in 2002, when Bush Administration support for Chavez's ouster undermined America's standing in the region and damaged our credibility as a defender of democracy.

I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy that we need an independent media to hold people like me to account. I mean, power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive, and it's important for the media to call to account…

Brownie, you are doing a heck of a job.

I want to thank Senator Cardin for his tremendous leadership, for years, on human rights issues.