Ron Wright: “the importance of U.S. engagement in Africa cannot be overstated.”

Any suggestion that anyone up here or any political party has a monopoly on caring for children is just ludicrous and insulting.

I am glad that we are discussing fundamental rights because, to me, the right to work is rather fundamental.

The United States and the Central American countries of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador--the Northern Triangle--are inextricably linked by geography and deep cultural roots.

I have always believed that it is ill-advised, if not self-defeating, to broadcast to ruthless dictators what the United States is willing or unwilling to do.