I believe that America cannot--indeed, I know that America should not--police every crisis or shelter every refugee.

the United States-India partnership, as the President has indicated, is the defining partnership for the 21st century

If confirmed, my intention would be to partner as closely as possible with our European partners, who are forcefully engaged on these issues.

the best fighting partners we have are actually the Dutch.

Wither thou goest, I shall go. Thy people shall be my people. Thy God shall by my God.

That dialogue is an important one to advance these issues, because they will not be advanced overnight and easily.

You are joining a wonderful, wonderful collegial fraternity and sorority of American public servants.

There is also a desire for that engagement with the United States.

maritime security cooperation has recently become critically important, an issue that Senator Flake has championed with my strong support.

I will work vigorously to advance our strategic priority to press the OECD to move beyond a European focus to extend its influence to important emerging economies.

I am really struck and discouraged by the fact that we are a signator but haven't ratified the U.N. Convention on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.

I had a chance to visit the Middle East and Afghanistan with six Senators about a month ago.

I think it would offer some lessons to Iran and possibly to North Korea or other nations that are deciding to pursue a nuclear path.

I think it has been a positive that we have been able to engage in dialogue and discourse with all five Central Asian states.

I hope that one of the things that you might do in your capacity is to really spotlight the issues of the protection of religious minorities in Morocco and also the growing inclusion of women in political office in Morocco.

My view, my personal view, is that we need to continue to push the free trade agreement in a way that allows us to export more products.

What is also clear, 68 years after the United Nations was founded in San Francisco, is that an effective United Nations depends on effective American leadership.

There is understandable anxiety in India and across the region about what this transition will bring.

I want to offer a special congratulations to my friend, Patrick Gaspard, somebody I really admire greatly.

I would love to be involved in an effort to get the United States Senate to ratify.

the political opposition has been suppressed and impunity for corruption continues.

Chairman Menendez will very much want me to ask a question about Bangladesh.

the news accounts--and Senator Rubio mentioned a couple of them--about violence against women in India in the recent months and maybe in the last year or two have been very, very troubling.

We are a nation founded not on a common religion or a common blood or ethnicity, but on an uncommon set of ideas: that all people are created equal and that we all have certain unalienable rights.

I do not think blunt and outspoken is actually usually a great qualification for a diplomatic post, but actually for this one, it is.