Sen. John McCain accused Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday of abandoning the goal of using U.S. influence to promote western values around the world, and said Tillerson sent a “dangerous” signal that the U.S. is no longer a “beacon of hope” to those fighting for human rights.

In Wednesday remarks to State Department employees, Tillerson said if the U.S. conditions its national security efforts on other countries adopting our values, “we probably can’t achieve our national security goals or our national security interests.”