This is a complicated time to govern in the world today because of so much going on and it's coming at us at such an unprecedented rate.

No border that touches Israel is always secure.

I have never believed you go to war in Iraq, you go to war in Afghanistan, and believe that you can deal with those battlefields, those countries, in microcosms, or narrow channels.

The United Nations has a critical role to play in promoting stability, security, democracy, human rights, and economic development. The UN is as relevant today as at any time in its history, but it needs reform.

We live in a world where there are dangerous people, there are bad people.

If America is to succeed in responding to these 21st Century challenges, our political system cannot continue to bog down in the mire of partisan gamesmanship.

There has to be a reason and objective (to air strikes). What does it do to move the effort down the road for a political conversation?