Iran exports about 2.2 million barrels a day.

Honduras was the original 'banana republic,' and its poverty remains extreme.

Syria's population is 74% Sunni Muslim.

A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and to engage constantly in multilateral diplomacy.

Persecution of Christians is growing around the world, and Congress needs to pay more attention to it.

Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.

During most of the Bush administration, human rights and democracy in Egypt were on the front burner.