The (United States) needs to stop issuing such nonsense as soon as possible. They have so little credibility that they can breed nothing but further distrust.

The lack of refining capacity in the United States is a long- standing problem and urgently needs solving,

The United States government continues to turn a blind eye to mounting evidence of widespread abuse of detainees held in its custody,

The decline in the readiness of Iraqi forces described in (the) testimony is a major reversal for the United States. We expected to be far better off today, not only in terms of the highest readiness category, but the second.(category of readiness).

America, ... needs to be defended. We need missile defense to better police the skies over the United States.

I will work with the United States and the UN to restore security and address the needs of the country,