Kathleen Troia McFarland Quotes

Hillary Clinton was an outstanding secretary of state. She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy.

I believe it is both unwise and even wrong to interfere in the affairs of other nations. Indeed, if we are honest, we will see that this is one of the reasons for 9-11.

Everyone in the Middle East pretty much wants to come and be an American citizen, but pretty much everybody is angry with the U. S. foreign policy.

Our safety at home and the cause of freedom abroad is largely contingent upon our success in Iraq.

Nixon was an awful president in many ways, including in some of his foreign-policy choices. But he left no doubt that foreign policy and America's leadership in the world outside its borders was of paramount importance to him.

So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.

Secretary Clinton has dramatically changed the face of U.S. foreign policy globally for the good. But I wish she had been unleashed more by the White House.

My interest in foreign policy is above the average voter's interest. That doesn't mean we shouldn't talk about it.

United States foreign policy, which includes national security, is literally disintegrating before our eyes.

The internal affairs of other countries has a big impact on American interests.

Are there topics of sufficient import to the nation's well-being to replace the Soviets as the focus of U.S. intelligence?

September 11 shocked many Americans into an awareness that they had better pay much closer attention to what the U.S. government does in the world and how it is perceived. Many issues have been opened for discussion that were not on the agenda before. That's all to the good.

Should President Clinton have killed Osama bin Laden when he had the opportunity in 1990s? Should President Bush have sent the U.S. military into Iraq to depose Saddam Hussein in 2003? Should President Obama have withdrawn all troops from Iraq in 2011? Such questions provide no real insight into future considerations.

You're not hearing people like Madeleine Albright argue that the budget of the State Department should be as large as the Defense Department. The Pentagon is going to be larger by its nature. It's going to have more people.

Politically, foreign policy never matters until it matters, and then it matters a lot.

Since the end of World War II, U.S. presidents of both parties have recognized that foreign and domestic policy do not have to be pursued at the expense of each other.

The American people deserve an honest assessment of the state of our foreign affairs.

Foreign policy is important.

There is no part of the world that is irrelevant to the United States anymore.

I think that America's recovery of a global strategic view is an absolutely essential element of our foreign policy.

Americans almost never elect presidents on the basis of foreign policy.

As a senator, I play an important role in crafting foreign policy.

There is an issue of what does the U.S. expect abroad and what does the U.S. give at home. I think there's a reconciliation there that needs to be done.

There is a widespread view among the liberal intelligentsia to the effect that Henry Kissinger, U.S. National Security Advisor from 1969 to 1975 and Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977, was a bad man. That may even be an understatement. In this fashionable consensus, he is not just a bad man: he is a war criminal.

America went into Iraq. We shouldn't have gone into Iraq. We shouldn't have gotten out the way we got out. The world is a total mess.