I think that before you take on nation building in your mind’s eye as to how it should be, you’d better have a clear understanding if this is doable and will work.

a lot of work to do, but if I didn't think he would make progress, I wouldn't have asked him to go.

The danger here is, I don't see a lot of viability in the opposition groups.

in the strongest possible terms the vicious and evil terrorist attacks in Jerusalem.

I'm convinced both sides made a commitment to this, and we have made a commitment to help in this process, and I think it's important for everyone on all sides -- all citizens -- to commit to this.

I met Mr. Rosen once at a dinner while I was the envoy. It was a casual event and we discussed the process I was then involved in. The dinner was with four others.

I made four visits to Yemen, ... And two of those were to Aden.

It might be interesting to wonder why all the generals see it in the same way, and all those, who never fired a shot in anger and really held back to go to war, see it in a different way. That's usually the way it is in history.

a cease-fire is what we need to get to something more comprehensive and lasting.

the things that keep him in power and enable him to inflict the kind of pain he does on his own people and others in the region.