Perhaps the most troubling area in the world goes from the Balkans through the Middle East and in Central Asia.

Russia right now is searching for its soul. It's trying to figure out what it really is.

I think above all, what we need with Iran is patience.

You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don't think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently.

The UN could help the Iraqi government get on its feet and help the United States withdraw a bit more.

But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don't agree with that, because I don't think we're capable of doing that.

After the '30s, we said, "no more Munichs." And it got us in a lot of problems. Then we said, "No more Vietnams." Now if we say, "No more Iraqs," the next one won't be an Iraq. It will be something different. You can't learn lessons.