We in Ireland have not been immune from the bigotry and the indifference which manifested itself in Europe this century

One cannot have economic growth without security.

European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together.

Non-proliferation will only work if all states are willing to cooperate, and that will only happen if all feel they are being treated fairly.

David Cameron says he wants to keep Britain in the EU, but his tactics are so divisive that, if he gets what he wants it will be at the price of huge ill-will in Europe; or if he doesn't, it will be at the price of increased anti-EU sentiment in his own party and in British society.

That's where my job comes in. Getting the E.U. and U.S. to agree.

The U.S. - E.U. economic relationship dwarfs America's economic ties with China.