Despite elections and the experience of post-Soviet personal freedoms by the Russian people, the fate of democracy in Russia is perhaps more ambiguous now than at any time since the collapse of the Communist system.

If I could offer but one helpful hint to young Hoosiers hoping to better their odds for success in life, I would simply note the importance of thoughtful reading.

Although Congress and the president have agreed on the need to provide financial help to farmers, … the Clinton administration has not focused sufficient attention on the broader problems facing agriculture.

We’re serving the country this evening, as is our president.

It’s unfortunate. It illustrates a dysfunctional state where the left and right hand don’t know what either is doing and people are enforcing their whims of the day without deference to the world.

When the withdrawal occurs, sometimes the insurgents return, and this comes from the fact that we cannot leave forces behind. They are at a premium to find other places,

No one would have predicted in the 1980’s that Americans and Russians would be working side-by-side on the ground in Russia destroying thousands of nuclear weapons systems, as well as biological and chemical weapons.

It seems very clear to me that when the president returns home … we better be prepared for the military strike,

perhaps the greatest story in the world right now, largely because it is about the space of freedom [and] whether it’s going to expand or not.

necessary to ensure our representation at the United Nations.

ought to be worth a peace prize.

Declining overseas admissions costs us not only much needed revenues for colleges and universities, but much more importantly, we lose the best opportunity we have to introduce foreign students to all that America has to...

Finally, good prevails. But it makes you wonder who really is running the country.

increasingly authoritarian style, control of the media and his retribution against political opponents have left the fate of democracy in Russia more ambiguous than at any time since the collapse of the communist system.

The time frame is very small to disarm the militia, to bring about a security situation in which the governing council, the 24 Iraqis or however many others they appoint, can govern the country.

Our central question today is what more can be done,

I am hopeful that Algeria and Morocco can seize on this occasion to create a climate conducive to the settlement of the Western Sahara issue,

The fact is that we are proceeding with the reconstruction of the country, with the building of a constitution. And the time that we are devoting to that also is time for training with a...

necessary to prevent imminent and actual harm to national security.

We are not certain as to why or (what was) the particular activity that caused that delay, … We are pleased that our flight was able to continue to Kiev, albeit three hours later. …...

The agreement has a benefit for the citizens of both countries.

American credibility in the world, progress in the war on terrorism, our relationships with our allies, the future of the Middle East, and the fate of Iraqis themselves depend on the resolve of the U.S....

I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of law, and democracy. They understand that these...

I think there is a commitment on the part of the White House to racial justice in this country, and no ambiguity,

there is no evidence that he has broken laws or engaged in serious ethical misconduct.

It’s very unlikely that we’re going to send more troops to Iraq. We are going to have to train the Iraqis faster and harder, … Late Edition.

We cannot assume that the establishment of democratic institutions in Iraq in the short term will yield a corresponding diminishment of the insurgency,

We are not certain as to why or the particular activity that caused that delay, … We are pleased that our flight was able to continue to Kiev, albeit three hours later.

Huge stockpiles of weapons left over from previous times in Ukraine are dangerous for the people of this country as well as for other countries,

I know Judge Roberts is keenly and humbly aware of the large shoes he has now been asked to fill, the more so since the late chief justice was his own initial boss when he...

The United States cannot feed every person, lift every person out of poverty, cure every disease, or stop every conflict. But our power and status have conferred upon us a tremendous responsibility to humanity.

I think we need much more concentrated thinking.

These are issues that are not either black or white, but they are issues that are compassionate,

His schedule is still being ironed out.

profound, gut feeling about the place of the United States in the world – strength and vulnerability.