The political face of Europe is one that has said very clearly that it wants cooperation and friendship with the United States.

Race is a constant factor in American life. Yet reacting to every incident,real or imagined, is crippling, tiring, and ultimately counterproductive.

Every life is worthy and every life is capable of greatness. We have an obligation to make sure that opportunity for greatness is there.

This is not 1968 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia, where Russia can threaten its neighbors, occupy a capital, overthrow a government, and get away with it. Things have changed.

We needed to go back on the offense and offer clear leadership on Iraq.

To see an African-American elected president means that this country is really finally coming full circle from the birth defect of slavery.

As Americans we like to believe that we're loved in international politics or that people like what we're doing. But we also recognize that we have an extraordinary responsibility to do what we think is right, and that sometimes what we do is not very popular.