We believe that it's important to achieve universal suffrage in Hong Kong as soon as possible, that the people of Hong Kong are ready for democracy, and that the sooner that a timetable for achieving universal suffrage is established, the better.
The options of the people in that regard shouldn't be limited by other institutions so as to prejudge the election or the outcome of an election.
I think what took people by surprise was the margin of victory. Nobody foresaw that huge a sweep.
This is unfortunately not inconsistent with past North Korean practice, which is to ignore the needs of its people and let them starve for inexplicable reasons.
We will continue to help with reconstruction and we join with the people in all the affected countries in observing and remembering the tragic events of December 26, 2004.
We would have liked to see a peacekeeping force stood up yesterday. But there's a lot of moving parts to this. It is important to bring on as many people as possible. And that's got to take time.
We would applaud China and its success as only the third country to launch people into space.
We share the government (and) people of Egypt's grief at this attack. We are, as ever, ready to work with them to confront the threat that we all face from international terror.
The future of Kyrgyzstan should be decided by the people of Kyrgyzstan, consistent with the principles of peaceful change, of dialogue and respect for the rule of law.
Steve was a brave public servant, a brave American, dedicated to his country and to helping the people of Iraq and the people of America.
December 26 marks the one year anniversary of the tragic earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people in eight countries and took the homes and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands more.