John D. Negroponte

NAFTA's modernization is both necessary and important.

I think some of the changes, the new concepts that were introduced to the Trans-Pacific Partnership... ought to also be introduced into the NAFTA discussion.

A 29 percent reduction in the President's budget is way beyond what I think the market will bear and it will effectively neuter soft power in many areas of the world at a time when a little money spent wisely can bring about real change.

U.S. demand for illicit drugs including meth is a key contributor to violence in Central America.

I think security and rule of law, if I was going to say what are the real priorities for this program, our program, this national program towards Central America. I think that is where it ought to be.

The problems of the Northern Triangle have a direct bearing on the security and the economic wellbeing of the people of the United States.

I want to state categorically at the outset my conviction that United States support for U.N. peacekeeping operations is in the overwhelming national security interest of our country.

You need to keep your eye on the funding for those programs so that it doesn't atrophy or disappear.

In the absence of such international recognition and legal certainty, U.S. companies are unlikely to secure the necessary financing and insurance to exploit energy resources on the extended shelf.

In the absence of such international recognition and legal certainty, U.S. companies are unlikely to secure the necessary financing and insurance to exploit energy resources on the extended shelf.

There is strong consensus that it is in our national interests to do so.

Merely treating the Convention as customary law is not good enough.

These are not academic or philosophical points, but real world examples.

For the benefit of our country, I hope this is the year we finally become party to the Law of the Sea.

Ultimately, it is our naval power that protects international freedom of navigation.

We are expected to fork over $50 million of hard-earned taxpayer dollars.

The one-child-per-couple policy has made brothers and sisters illegal.

China's one-child-per-couple policy constitutes massive crimes against humanity.

We believe that disputed claims should be dealt with peacefully and without resort to any type of coercion.

We oppose the threat or use of force to resolve the disputes, as well as any action that hinders freedom of navigation.

We believe that disputed claims should be dealt with peacefully and without resort to any type of coercion.

I believe that the president deserves from his director of national intelligence and from the intelligence community the unvarnished truth.