K to 12 is partly about babysitting the kids so the parents can do other things.

People care a lot that the USA is well run, and people globally expect us to do things in upgrading science and more.

If Africa seeks prosperity, it must provide for the health and nutrition of all – including the poorest.

The US really has to get out in front. We are the biggest per person, by a substantial amount, greenhouse emitters, and we give the most foreign aid, not per person but in absolute.

The quality of research in the U.S. is absolutely the best.

Think of business as a good game. Lots of competition and a minimum of rules. You keep score with money.

The first five years have so much to do with how the next 80 turn out.