John D. Negroponte: “For the benefit of our country, I hope this is the year we finally become party to the Law of the Sea.”

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.

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.

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

We need to update the labor provisions in NAFTA.