National Public Radio: on Foreign Policy

Susan Rice: Didn't want to be pigeonholed as "black working on Africa"

Wesley Clark: Use UN to gain credibility in Iraq

Wesley Clark: Contribute to democratization in Muslim world

A: We expect the US to be judged by who we are and what we do. Muslims live here, so who we are is not the problem, it’s what we have done. We need to focus on the peaceful transformation of governments. It’s not so much about terrorist states, but about our allies in the region, who are only now starting to democratize. We can contribute to democratization and modernization in Pakistan and other countries.

Pat Buchanan: Armenia: History shows national interest trumps atrocities

A: I did not say that was a good thing at all. What I said was that if you go back in all these massacres and genocides of peoples, you will find that despite the fact that statesmen say this is awful and it can’t happen again, it does every single time and there has never been a real intervention to stop it.

The British issue was with the Bulgarian massacres by the Turks. Disraeli said we ought to stay with the Turks even though they did it, and Gladstone said we ought to throw the Turks out of Europe even though they’re our allies. What I’m saying was this shows you when national interest come into collision, even with horrific human rights atrocities, every time virtually, national interest wins. I don’t say it’s morally right. I was writing history.

Pat Buchanan: Supported opening China in 1970s, but situation has changed

When I saw this redeployment, I said, ‘It is time the US stopped building up this--what could be this Frankenstein monster and took a hard look at what they’re doing.’ They persecute Christians. They persecute dissidents. They threaten our country. What in heaven’s name are we doing giving them a $ 70 billion trade surplus every single year when they’re using it to buy weapons to threaten our men and women?

John McCain: Chechnya: End aid to Russia until Russia stops bombing