Our effort to build stability through authoritarians in the Middle East for 60 years had given us neither democracy nor stability.

History's long arc is different than the today's headlines.

I'm very proud that President [George W.] Bush took on AIDS relief. It was the largest single response by any country to a major international health crisis, and there are millions of people who are alive today in Africa and other developing countries because of that program.

I really wish that we had passed a comprehensive immigration bill because that would've really helped our country.

I love sports. I play golf now, which is relatively new for me. I only took it up about five years ago. I also like playing piano, and I love being with my family and friends.

Once a month I play with a chamber music quartet. I play almost no solo music anymore because I so enjoy the interaction. The members of my quartet have become some of my best friends and so I really enjoy it now in ways that I didn't before.

I have several [favorite clothes designers], but I like to wear Akris, Oscar De La Renta and Giorgio Armani.