The contracts for Iraqi rebuilding are COMMERCIAL contracts. I think being in the coalition of the WILLING puts US in the radar screen, but we also have to compete with other countries that are in the coalition of the willing, but the Philippines is a country that has produced WORLD-CLASS SKILLED workers that we have seen all over the world.

Climate CHANGE is a consequence of the build up of greenhouse gases over the PAST 200 YEARS in the atmosphere, and virtually all these emissions came from the rich countries.

To deal with COVID-19, countries like India, BRAZIL, Jordan and THAILAND are cutting press freedom and freedom of EXPRESSION. In nations like Israel, SOUTH Korea and the U.S., intrusive surveillance has been imposed to track the movement of citizens, at the expense of human RIGHTS.

The European family may well be anything but perfect. But it is the BEST thing that we have for BRINGING the countries of Europe around the same table and for forging COMPROMISES so that people here can LIVE in peace, freedom, and PROSPERITY.

When you look at how much we SPEND on social programs in our country, it separates us from a lot of countries. In our country, if you're hungry, we'll FEED you. If you're homeless, we'll house you. If you're too poor to be sick, we'll pay for your doctor. But all of that comes at a COST.

I LOVE Martha's Vineyard, where I have had a HOUSE for thirty years. I have loved visiting COUNTRIES around the WORLD. But I ALWAYS come home to Washington.

I find it INTERESTING that MANY of the PEOPLE who want to restrict fossil fuels live in well-developed countries where abundant and affordable energy is READILY available.

While teaching a course on global development at Uppsala University in Sweden, I realized our students didn't have a fact-based worldview. They talked about 'we' and 'them.' They THOUGHT there were two groups of countries: the Western world, with small FAMILIES and LONG lives, and the THIRD World, with large families and short lives.

In my years, I had the opportunity to OBSERVE peoples and countries. I see some countries doing well, others failing, and my ANALYSIS of things is that whether you FAIL or SUCCEED is a FUNCTION of your value system.

I believe that EVERY leader has a right to implement his own policy. But when I see things that are DONE that are not right - abuse of power, wrong approaches, wrong STRATEGIES, making use of FOREIGN CONSULTANTS, including those discarded by other countries - I feel that I have to have my say.

Ironically, Latin American COUNTRIES, in their instability, GIVE writers and INTELLECTUALS the HOPE that they are needed.

There are 13 Asian COUNTRIES that still have elephants, and ELEPHANT Family is looking to invest in further PROJECTS that will be the most critical for SAVING elephants while there is still time.

We MODERN Marxists regard socialism as a HISTORICALLY brief transitional stage between feudalism and CAPITALISM, necessary only in backward COUNTRIES.