Engagement Is Not Appeasement. Engagement Is Not

Closing Guantanamo Bay Is Not A Military Solution. The Closing Of That Prison, Which I Support, I Supported It When I Was In The Senate, Requires More Than Just A Military Dimension.

The United States Can't Impose Democracies. We Can't Impose Our Will. The Russians Found That Out In Afghanistan.

This Current Government In Iraq Has Never Fulfilled The Commitments It Made To Form A Unity Government With The Kurds, The Sunnis And The Shia. We Have Worked Hard With Them Within The Confines Of Our Ability To Do That But We Can't Dictate To Them.

Foreign Policy Will Require A Strategic Agility That, Whenever Possible, Gets Ahead Of Problems, Strengthens U.s. Security And Alliances, And Promotes American Interests And Credibility.

I Took An Oath Of Office To The Constitution, I Didn't Take An Oath Of Office To My Party Or My President.