The U.S has acquired reservoirs of goodwill around the globe over many years. But it is clear - from polling data and ample anecdotal evidence - that America is losing its allure in much of the world.

President George W. Bush is the first American president to call openly for two-states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.

One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our conscience.

This nation is never finished. It has to be re-created in each generation.

When you're talking with a person at this level of the government, at the very highest level, I think you have to be very discreet because he, President Clinton, is very aware that anything he says publicly can have a profound impact on American politics and on world politics.

A likely source for terrorists seeking to buy or steal nuclear materials is the former Soviet Union.

Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the interests of the United States and the world if wisely administered.