CSPAN Politics Public Policy Today January 27, 2012
they need to be our friends. they need to be open and free in trading relations. they need to be democracies. they need to be close allies to the united states. this is our backyard. this is the people -- the people, they share the values of the people of this country, and we have an obligation for our own security, for our own economic benefit, much less the people in this region, to have a policy to make sure that all of the country's i mentioned are free and safe and prosperous. [applause] so i look forward to working with the people here, because this is obviously the capital of ...