We are rather candid with them about the nature of their political processes and the state of development of their institutions, but they are looking to the West because they know that's where success lies.

It's really not a number I'm terribly interested in.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Finding the Russian scientists may be a problem being that Russia does not have a Social Security System, as here in America, that allows us to monitor, track down and capture an American citizen.

As I've thought about gay marriage, I don't see any reason not to say that [couples] should be able to get married.

There is no suggestion of regime change; quite the contrary, this is an initiative to help people and to help governments who are inclined toward change.

Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future