COLIN POWELL, U.S. Secretary of State, after meeting with Chinese officials in Beijing last week
"Taiwan is absolutely a sovereign, independent nation."
CHEN SHUI-BIAN,
President of Taiwan, responding to Powell's comment
"If this isn't good for my heart, I don't know what is."
BILL CLINTON,
former U.S. President, on hitting the John Kerry campaign trail seven weeks after heart surgery
"This is not about Gazathis is the...