“Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change.” ShouldEndsCertainPresidentLevelsEnvironmentPracticalsThe End Of The DayCooperationDiplomacyDecencyDecorumBipartisanship Author:Mark McKinnon
“I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let the military do whatever is necessary to win.” ShouldBelieveWarStatesWinningI BelieveMilitaryNosesDepartmentDiplomacy Author:Stuart Symington
“Today's announcement projects a picture of profound weakness in U.S. diplomacy. It should not have been a heavy lift for our diplomats in New York and in foreign capitals to recruit the necessary 96 affirmative votes to seat the United States in the new council.” ShouldHas BeensStatesTodayUnitedUnited StatesNew YorkProjectsWeaknessVoteProfoundHeavyLiftsSeatsDiplomacyCouncilDiplomatsAffirmativeAnnouncementsRecruit Author:Tom Lantos
“I'm a huge proponent of exchanges, student exchanges, cultural exchanges, university exchanges. We talk a lot about public diplomacy, .. It's extremely important that we get our message out, but it's also the case that we should not have a monologue with other people. It has to be a conversation, and you can't do that without exchanges and openness.” PeopleShouldImportantCasesStudentsHugeConversationMessagesUniversityOpennessDiplomacyMonologuesCultural Exchange Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Our diplomacy ended up giving a bad conscience to an international community capable only of expressing noble sentiments while doing nothing, .. So how can one explain that we are today investigating an action our country should be proud of?.” GivingShouldCountryTodayActionCommunityProudCapableConscienceInternationalNobleOur CountrySentimentsBe ProudDiplomacyDoing NothingInternational CommunityInvestigating Author:Alain Juppe