If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.

I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.

It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.

I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse.

If there is one lesson for U.S. foreign policy from the past 10 years, it is surely that military intervention can seem simple but is in fact a complex affair with the potential for unintended consequences.

I'm largely in favor of financial reform.

I don't want to paint a picture of total gloom and doom.