These people are a part of me. And they are a part of America, this country that I love.

It is this world, a world where cruise ships throw away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince see in a year, where white folks' greed runs a world in need, apartheid in one hemisphere, apathy in another hemisphere...That's the world! On which hope sits!

Donald Trump is somebody who I think likes to mix it up and to have a vigorous debate.

First of all, I think everybody has to acknowledge don't underestimate the guy [Donald Trump], because he's going to be 45th president of the United States.

I think [ chief organizer of the Democratic Party ] it's something that I have an interest in.

There's no doubt that on the issue of abortion, oftentimes it's very difficult to split the difference, although we can agree on the notion that none of us are pro-abortion and all of us would like to see a reduction in unwanted pregnancies, for example, and we could focus on those issues.

It still puts burden on some troops of ours who are there [in Afghanistan and Iraq] as advisors and facilitators.