"The bottom line is Prime Minister Abe in Japan has publicly committed to implementing the Futenma replacement plan in Okinawa."
"We do not have a position on these territorial claims, but we need to be crystal clear and consistent that we will oppose efforts at coercion against partners and allies."
"A goal like that of extreme poverty eradication in two decades is one that has to be done in partnership."
"I applauded because I love the big goals, and I think we are sent here to do big things."
"The public-private partnership approach, the data I see suggests now, you know, foreign aid dollars, if you look at a public-private, 10 to 15 percent is public, and 80 to 85 percent is private."
"I lived in Honduras in 1980 and 1981 when it was a military dictatorship."
"The more work that can be done diplomatically to have the opposition be more inclusive of the Alawite minority... the quicker we will hasten Assad's exit."
"This is an important part of the face that we turn to the world, and it bears on foreign relations matters."
"We want a safe Jewish state of Israel, and we want it living side by side with a Palestine that will respect its sovereignty."
"If you in part want to stem the tide of undocumented immigration, you want to make sure that people have stability and economic opportunity in their native country."
"In the process of not having being pushed to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iran, North Korea, the Middle East, that we create a vacuum in our own hemisphere."
"Our lack of moving toward economic development creates a push factor."