American - Politician | April 26, 1945 -
The war we are fighting today against terrorism is a multifaceted fight. We have to use every tool in our toolkit to wage this war - diplomacy, finance, intelligence, law enforcement, and of course, military power - and we are developing new tools as we go along.
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North Korea is not an insane nation. It is not a crazy nation.
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There are ways to pursue political change. In a democracy, it's through the ballot box. There are other ways, and many democracies have many different systems of democracy.
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U.S. assistance provides the Jordanian government needed flexibility to pursue policies that are of critical importance to U.S. national security and to foreign policy objectives in the Middle East.
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I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all people.
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I think that although we say we don't want to be the policeman of the world and et cetera, when 911 is dialed, it's the United States that has to answer the call.
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You know, there's a real irony in U.S. assistance programs. First of all, I think it's misnamed. We're not so much trying to help people as we're trying to help ourselves. So let's be clear about this. So these are - in my view, they're cold calculations of national security and not aid programs.
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Let's face it, the Obama administration was handed a pretty poor deal from the previous administration.
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What could be better in al-Qaeda's mind than to have India and Pakistan going at each other? What more to further their aims?
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I think most conflicts do end with negotiated settlements; some don't, but most do.
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Secretary Clinton has dramatically changed the face of U.S. foreign policy globally for the good. But I wish she had been unleashed more by the White House.
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Be prepared to be bombed. Be prepared to go back to the Stone Age.
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