Morgan Ortagus

“We have directed the closure of P.R.C. Consulate General Houston, in order to protect American intellectual property and American's private information.”

“President Trump has always said that he does not want war, that he seeks peace with Iran, peace in the Middle East.”

“We call on the P.R.C. to remain focused on supporting international efforts to combat the global pandemic and to stop exploiting the distraction or vulnerability of other states to expand its unlawful claims in the South China Sea.”

“We want to be a friend and partner to a sovereign, prosperous, and stable Iraq.”

“There are areas in which the Russians are actually surprisingly cooperative.”

“Rather than abide by the rule of law, Maduro and his cronies follow mafia-style practices, intimidating the opposition by targeting their family members.”

“We know that the end of any conflict is always messy. It's never a linear path when you've been at war for almost 20 years. It's never a clean, straight linear path to the end.”

“China's Nine-Dashed Line was deemed an unlawful maritime claim by an arbitral tribunal convened under the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention in July 2016, a position shared by the U.S. government.”

“A divided government doesn't have to be a death blow to foreign policy.”

“Manufacturing evidence to justify arbitrary, politically motivated detentions is a common tool of the illegitimate former Maduro regime.”

“What would be most productive is for Chairman Kim and his staff and for President Trump and all his staff to continue upon the path that was laid out for us both in Vietnam and at the DMZ, and that is a diplomatic resolution and the end of North Korea's nuclear weapons.”

“The continued erosion of the one country, two systems framework puts at risk Hong Kong's long-established special status in international affairs.”

“I thought that I knew the world pretty well. I mean this is what I do for a living, I've been in government or in the Navy Reserves for 13 years. I've got an undergraduate degree and a master's degree focused on that stuff so I would put myself on the what I thought was the more well educated end of the spectrum on these things.”

“From a legal perspective, the barriers to women's economic success is systemic.”

“What we saw in Tiananmen Square 31 years ago was a massacre, a massacre of innocent people that came from Hong Kong but also Chinese people to protest.”

“Any effort to impose national security legislation that does not reflect the will of the people of Hong Kong would be highly destabilizing and would be met with strong condemnation from the United States and the international community.”

“Take a lesson from President Obama, and don't go around Congress. When given the opportunity to work with lawmakers on the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate agreement, Obama chose to forgo the hard fight of treaty ratification and instead ruled by executive order. And now the United States is party to neither pact.”

“What we're trying to do is to look at the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman Xi for who they really are.”

“The Iranian regime continues to violate the human rights of its own people, targeting political and civil society activists.”