Daniel R. Russel: “the cure for that is not just 'Buy America', it is for America to be in the game in the region diplomatically…”

The U.S. is a Pacific nation, and our future is inextricably intertwined with the growth of the Pacific region.

Please let me assure you that human rights is a central tenet of our approach to Vietnam.

We will make an assessment based on the facts and we will calibrate our response to the elections based on our assessment of how credible, how transparent, how inclusive, how free and fair we think it was.

There should be no doubt that human rights is central to our foreign policy.