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.

But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail.

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

Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.

Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth.

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

It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather.