Let me start with Yahoo. As we meet today, a Chinese citizen who had the courage to speak his mind on the Internet is in prison because Yahoo chose to share his name and address with the Chinese Government.

We are optimistic, but we are optimistic in a cautious fashion.

Hezbollah's contempt for human suffering is total, as it showed once again this morning when its rockets murdered two Israeli Arab children in Nazareth.

The leader of Iran made one of the most repugnant remarks the international community has heard since Adolf Hitler.

The patience of the American public with dilatory diplomatic delays will be very limited.

Our neighbor Canada has 2,200 troops serving in Afghanistan. Canada has also assumed responsibility for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar, which was originally established by our own military.

A stable Iraq at peace with its neighbors will remain elusive until we improve both the security and the economic environment in Iraq.