"It's unlikely that as a consequence of me shaking hands or having a polite conversation with Mr.Chavez that we are endangering the strategic interest of the United States,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

They meet with the senator for 15 minutes. "What I assured them was: given their plea and call and demand in a polite way for us to have a clean energy future, that was job one for me."

VOA: standard.2010.06.19