Mitt Romney

That is the objective.

My assessment is that there have been nations that have severed relations with Taiwan but have not gone the other way.

They have done a number of things which have weakened, from my perspective, their ties with those nations.

We stand for peace, stability----

It would seem that they are succeeding in that effort, and we are probably not being quite as effective.

Some weeks ago I asked Taiwan's representative to the United States, what was the single most important thing we could do to convince China that it would be unwise to consider a military action of invasion against Taiwan, and the…

I am actually thinking about some of the more direct economic impact, for instance, anticipating that China relies on Taiwan, for instance, for semiconductor needs of various kinds.

But what are the other dimensions do you think of that key strategy?

I would note that the law that was passed called for this to be presented to Congress, some in public, and then some classified, as opposed to just an in camera review. So I would expect that the State Department would follow the law as…

I think Xi Jinping is an intelligent person, that military action is not the right path for him to consider.

China goes to great lengths to try and convince other countries to sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

China apparently believes that America is in decline, that our social networks are frayed, that our industrial base is not as strong as it once was.

I know there are many who feel like an invasion could be imminent. But if you really believe that America was in decline, a position I disagree with...

China apparently believes that America is in decline, that our social networks are frayed, that our industrial base is not as strong as it once was.

China apparently believes that America is in decline, that our social networks are frayed, that our industrial base is not as strong as it once was.

I know there are many who feel like an invasion could be imminent. But if you really believe that America was in decline, a position I disagree with, but if you were to believe that...

The best way to restore predictability and stability... is for there to be a margin of military superiority sufficient so that it is evident to people in Beijing...

We have interest in Ukraine because we know that the old Soviet Union did some really bad things that we fought for decades, and so we want to keep that from happening again.

Yes, I actually would hope to have a more clear priority that, yes, there has to be an enormous humanitarian need, but there also has to be a very clear U.S. interest in intervening in that particular area.

Like Senator Menendez indicated I am sometimes overwhelmed by the degree of starvation, the migration, as associated with climate change, and the problems in the world are so enormous.

We have interest in Ukraine because we know that the old Soviet Union did some really bad things that we fought for decades, and so we want to keep that from happening again.

Yes, I actually would hope to have a more clear priority that, yes, there has to be an enormous humanitarian need, but there also has to be a very clear U.S. interest in intervening in that particular area.

Like Senator Menendez indicated I am sometimes overwhelmed by the degree of starvation, the migration, as associated with climate change, and the problems in the world are so enormous.

We have interest in Ukraine because we know that the old Soviet Union did some really bad things that we fought for decades, and so we want to keep that from happening again.

Yes, I actually would hope to have a more clear priority that, yes, there has to be an enormous humanitarian need, but there also has to be a very clear U.S. interest in intervening in that particular area.