I think where I get frustrated at times was the belief that the president can do anything if he just decides he wants to do it.

We also recommit to supporting tribal self-determination, security, and prosperity for all Native Americans. While we cannot erase the scourges or broken promises of our past, we will move ahead together in writing a new, brighter chapter in our joint history.

The problem is that, over time, big pieces of business that have to get done without leadership from Washington, don't get done.

Our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all of humankind.

If there's one thing I would like to see, it'd be for us to be able to price the cost of carbon emissions.

You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.

A political candidacy built around hope and change and compromise would eventually become a presidency of crisis and confrontation.