The United Nations is the place to build international support and consensus for meeting the other challenges we face.

We are hopeful that the machinery of the United Nations will no longer be frozen by the divisions that plagued us during the cold war.

I mean, no, there's no change in my position.

The bill that I'm signing here today will keep the Government operating through October 5th.

I understand the Republicans that don't like certain aspects of this deal.

I'd like to see market forces determine it rather than excessive speculation.

The answer is: I'm just taking on board what I've been told by people that have studied it carefully.

Calls for democracy and human rights are being reborn everywhere.

It is important to our nation.

I have never been prouder to have once served within your ranks and never been prouder that the United States is the host country for the United Nations.

This budget is the right package at the right time.

The human spirit cannot be locked up forever.