I play a lot chamber music.As for something that's hard for me to play, before I leave this Earth I'm hoping to play Brahms' Second Piano Concerto.

We can't afford to let the international community and the world lose faith in the diplomatic track.

NATO is built on security, but it's also built on values.

If a North Korean ballistic missile can reach Alaska, it can reach Vladivostok.

You have to have a strong sense of your values and a strong sense of who you are, because there are a lot of events and a lot of people who will pull you in this direction or that direction.

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

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