“I think President Karzai realizes exactly how important it is to strengthen the fight against corruption in the country now, step up endeavors to stop the drug trade and to deliver better governance. He said as much in his inaugural address.” ThinkingSaidImportantCountryFightingPresidentRealizingStepsDrugTradeCorruptionAddressesEndeavorGovernanceStep UpInauguralInaugural Address Author:Anders Fogh Rasmussen
“I think that the important point is we've got to have a president who understands the benefits of free trade but also is going to enforce unfair trade agreements and is going to stand up to other countries.” ThinkingImportantCountryPresidentBenefitsTradeAgreementOther CountriesUnfairFree TradeTrade AgreementsFair Trade Author:Barack Obama
“I would give a lot to actually be able to glamour China into not wanting ivory. I can't even tell you how much I would give to be able to stop the illicit trade of Africa's wildlife, and to just look into the president of China's eyes and say, "You don't want this anymore, your country doesn't want this anymore," and have it be done. That would be great.” WantGivingLooksI CanCountryDoneWould BeEyeAblePresidentTradeChinaGlamourWildlifeIvory Author:Kristin Bauer van Straten
“I saw my job [as president] as to try to move the world from an unstable condition of interdependence toward more integrated cooperative world community. Therefore, my approach was to cooperate wherever possible and to build institutions of cooperation, an expanded NATO, the World Trade Organization, the Summit of the Americas, the Asian Pacific Leaders, all those, the coalition to fight in Bosnia and Kosovo, to cooperate wherever possible but to act alone if we had to.” IfsWorldTryingJobsMovingFightingPresidentCommunityLeaderSawsConditionsApproachOrganizationInstitutionsTradeCooperationAsianSummitIntegratedPacificCoalitionsUnstableNatoInterdependenceCooperativesWorld TradeBosniaKosovoWorld Trade Organization Author:William J. Clinton
“Senate Democrats blocked President Obama's trade bill yesterday because they're worried it could hurt jobs. It's not an issue for Republicans, since they've all found work as presidential candidates.” JobsFoundPresidentHurtIssuesRepublicanTradeBillsDemocratYesterdayWorriedPresidentialCandidatesPresident ObamaSenateBlockedPresidential Candidate Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Her nomination for vice president in 2008 represents the most desperate inclinations of the Republican Party. In two hundred years, I suspect historians will use Palin as an example of how insane America became in the decade following the destruction of the World Trade Center, and her origin story will seem as extraterrestrial and eccentric as Abe Lincoln jumping out of a window to undermine a voting quorum in 1840.” WorldYearsTwoStoriesUseSeemsAmericaPresidentPartyExampleRepublicanHundredWindowDestructionTradeVicesFollowingDecadesInsaneDesperateVotingSuspectsHistorianRepublican PartyJumpingInclinationEccentricVice PresidentPalinNominationsWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterExtraterrestrialAbe Book:I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined) Source: I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined)
“Congress needs to send a strong signal that direct communication with the leader of the free world is a privilege, particularly for a regime that has been as hostile as Iran has been towards America for more than three decades. President Rouhani needs to take these two simple steps to demonstrate good faith before any further discussions.” WorldNeedsHas BeensTwoRealityAmericaThreePoliticsStrongPresidentCommunityLeadershipJusticeSimpleLeaderStepsHistoryViolenceGenerationsPolicyCommunicationSpringDirectTradeStrategyCongressPrivilegeTerrorismDecadesIdeologyDiscussionIranRegimesForeign PolicySignalsHostileDiplomacyCivilityDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceFree WorldGood FaithArab SpringDirect Communication Author:Ted Cruz