I have to say that I saw terrorists in 2002, went to Islamabad, Pakistan, and met women who were supporting this ideology. I call them the Taliban Ladies Auxiliary back then.

What have we heard from Republican voters? They want somebody that's new, they want somebody that's fresh. They don't want an establishment.

You know, a meme is now circulating that's called the Ostrich Brigade. And it's used to describe all those people who are burying their heads in the sand. I call it the three D strategy. It's denial, deflection, and a demonization of those of us who want to speak honestly about these issues of extremism.

Folks in the media ask at the behest of Democrats, "isn't it insensitive for us to do a Second Amendment rally following this terror attack?" Let me tell you something. I really don't view our job as being sensitive to Islamic terrorists.

There are many other [then ISIS] terrorist organizations. And their primary victims are Muslims. I think that's very important.

Human development, not secularization, is what's key to women's empowerment in the transforming Middle East.

Everything I have experienced in my life helps form who I am today, and I would not change or forget any of it.