No rebel force can get U.S. support by attacking the AU -- in fact they are going to lose any support that we would provide.

We're providing the Nigerians with a lot of information and technical assistance, we're cooperating with them.

We are bringing in U.S. experts to help ... our CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) in particular is helping them to figure out ways in which they can reduce the spread of the virus.

We are committed to peace in Sudan. So we'll keep pushing and pushing and pushing on the peace talks.

If Sudan is exactly where it is today one year from now, they are going to do exactly what they did today.

I don't think China seeking oil in Africa is a threat to the United States' interests.

So one would hope that China's investment would be broader and that it would contribute not only to China's development and growth ... but it would also contribute to Africa's growth and development.

It's a little unclear at the moment where I am going to go but the Eritrean government has given me a visa.