George H.W. Bush: “We will deal with whoever is freely and openly elected.”

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…

We are here today, together, to strengthen and reform U.N. peacekeeping because our common security demands it.

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