The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable

We must be careful that the people who make $5,000 a year are not pitted against those that make $25,000 a year by those who make $900,000.

America must continue diplomacy, even as we continue the war, to expand the coalition of the willing to share the burden of war and to share the responsibility and the economic cost of rebuilding Iraq

The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable

Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.

Senator Paul Sarbanes really was a big help to me. He was so well known and so well respected, and he said, "Give her a chance here." And he showed me the ways of power and the corridors of power, [as did] Bob Byrd. [They] helped with [my] committee assignments.

Leadership is creating a state of mind in others. The difference between being a leader and manager, all due respect to managers, is that leaders have to create states of mind. But a leader, first of all, has to have a clear state of mind, which is usually her own vision, which energizes her, motivates others, and then creates that state of mind in others.