I wouldn't consider them acts of war, but I would consider them acts of property damage, commercial theft that are serious.

On issues like Ukraine, on issues like Syria, we've had very significant differences [with Russia].

The United States and Saudi Arabia have an extraordinary relationship and friendship that dates back to Franklin Roosevelt and King Faisal.

Progress in the most impoverished parts of our world enriches us all.

All Americans should be deeply troubled by the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. We've seen such tragedies far too many times, and our hearts go out to the families and communities who've suffered such a painful loss.

A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.

In a summer marked by instability in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, I know the world also took notice of the small American city of Ferguson, Missouri - where a young man was killed, and a community was divided. So yes, we have our own racial and ethnic tensions.