American - Public | March 2, 1960 -
America is a country of immigrants. It's what makes America unique.
Ivo Daalder
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A big challenge in combating terrorism is learning how to think about things that we can't imagine.
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On climate change, the science is clearer about what you need to do to get a real impact than... on counterterrorism.
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Putin wants nothing less than to return Russia to the center of global politics by challenging the primacy that the United States has enjoyed since the end of the Cold War.
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I think George H. W. Bush, who I had lots of disagreements with, remarkably managed the end of the Cold War in a way that history will look back at and say, 'Wow.'
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Donald Trump has proven adept at mobilizing anti-immigrant and anti-trade sentiment among a minority of Americans into a strong movement that seeks to put the United States first in global affairs. Yet, his is not the majority's view.
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One of the amazing things about September 11 is that we lacked the imagination to connect the dots and foresee it.
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We have built up, through our global engagement, a set of institutions that have been built on trust, fundamentally on trust, where allies had trust in the United States to do the right thing when it really came down to it.
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The more Trump emphasises America First, the more it turns into America Alone.
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Trump believes all foreigners are playing us for suckers - he sees the world as a dark place. How can you lead alliances when you keep telling your allies they are ripping you off?
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The only place I've ever been where people were as proud about their city as people are in Chicago is Florence, Italy, where I lived for three years.
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Anybody who has been to Chicago has a very positive view. But not everybody has come to Chicago, and in many ways, Chicago is an undiscovered treasure. It punches below its weight internationally.
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