[…] I congratulate the people of Iraq for casting their ballots in this important parliamentary election. I have great respect for the millions of Iraqis who refused to be deterred by acts of violence, and who exercised their right to vote today. Their participation demonstrates that the Iraqi people have chosen to shape their future through the political process.

[…] I congratulate all the people of Iraq who participated in national elections today and over the past three days. There is no better rebuke to the violent extremists who seek to derail Iraq's progress. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families who lost friends and loved ones, and we salute the determination of the Iraqi people to reaffirm their commitment to democracy and to chart their own future free of fear and intimidation.

[…] On International Women’s Day 2010, thousands of advocates for women’s rights are meeting at the United Nations in New York for a historic Global Women’s Conference on the 15th anniversary of the 1995 Beijing Women’s Conference and the 54th Session of the Convention on the Status of Women, with the goal of advancing equality for women around the world.

[…] Since 1961, the men and women of the Peace Corps have carried forward our finest traditions of service and embodied the United States’ commitment to forging partnerships and solving problems around the world.
Today more than 7,600 Peace Corps volunteers from all fifty states serve in 76 countries, putting their skills and efforts to work on behalf of others.

[…] The United States will “stand with our Chilean friends,” President Obama said, assuring Chile that the United States is closely watching developments in the wake of an extremely strong earthquake and is prepared to help in whatever way it can. The president, in a televised statement from the White House, said he had spoken with Chile’s president, Michelle Bachelet, to express the United States’ deepest condolences for Chile’s losses and offer U.S. help and support.

[…] Siamo negativamente colpiti dalla odierna decisione di condanna di alcuni dirigenti della Google Inc. per la pubblicazione su Google di un video dai contenuti offensivi. Pur riconoscendo la natura biasimevole del materiale, non siamo d’accordo sul fatto che la responsabilità preventiva dei contenuti caricati dagli utenti ricada sugli Internet service provider.

[…] Well, good evening, and it is a great privilege for me to join you on this occasion. I am delighted that it is sponsored by the Atlantic Council – and Fred and your entire team, we are grateful once again for you providing this forum. And to my former colleague, Senator Hagel, thank you very much for your continuing interest and for your service on the President’s Intelligence Board. And it is especially a delight to have the secretary general here.

[…] At its founding, Elihu Root gave this campus a mission that is the very essence of our national defense: “Not to promote war, but to preserve peace by intelligent and adequate preparation to repel aggression.”
For more than a century, you and your predecessors have heeded that call.
There are few greater contributions citizens can claim.

[…] Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wrapped up a three-day Gulf diplomatic mission after consultations with key Middle Eastern leaders in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference as well as with regional business leaders and college students. Clinton told Saudi college students February 16 that the long-term goal of the United States is to see the entire Middle East, including Iran, free of nuclear weapons.

[…] With the unparalleled mobility of assets of the U.S. military to support them, countless civilian government agencies began working around the clock through USAID, with the United Nations and in partnership with the Government of Haiti and more than 400 non-governmental organizations to reach as many people as humanly possible with food, water, shelter, and medical help.

[…] We support the goals of the proposed International Violence Against Women Act. Increasing legal and judicial protection and health sector capacity to respond to violence against women are necessary steps needed to address sexual and gender-based violence. Similarly, we must pursue policies that increase women’s economic opportunity, advance educational opportunities.