"Make no mistake: It is the leaders in Khartoum and Juba (South Sudan's capital) who must choose between a future of conflict and poverty or a future of security and prosperity. But we must not abdicate the important role the United States can play in helping to nurture that process just as we helped midwife the birth of this new nation."
"She comes from a line of moderate Republicans from John Chafee to John Heinz that made really working across the aisle a virtue. It's been really sad to see that virtue derided in so many Republican primaries the last couple years. We all are going to miss her independence and her ability to build bridges on some of the toughest issues."