Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former, you will most certainly not do the hard work of securing the latter.

This is the democratic process at work, What you're seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy.

U.S. officials never expected that 'we were going to open garages and find' weapons of mass destruction.

America's still a very, very powerful symbol and a very important place of leadership for the world.

Diplomacy, if properly practiced, is not just talking for the sake of talking.

I laugh almost everyday. I have a good sense of humor, so I'm always finding something funny.

Every life is capable of greatness.