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America's strength doesn't come from lashing out. Strength relies on smarts, judgment, cool resolve, and the precise and strategic application of power.

— Hillary Clinton Presidential campaign (2015)

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America is great – because America is good.

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We have to position ourselves to lead in a world where security and prosperity are shaped in boardrooms and on trading floors as well as battlefields or diplomatic negotiations.

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In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls.

I cannot control what the Republicans leak and what they are contending.

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In defeating terror, Israel’s cause is our cause.

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