I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what's going on.

I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.

The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it's two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it's a good thing.

I like to look at the glass half full.

I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it's the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.

If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.

Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.