There is no prospect that the United States will say to Israel, 'You do such and such and we'll not support you in your security.

My experience is that if the military didn't want to use force and was confronted with a president that did, the military would come back with what I would call the 'bomb Moscow' scenario. They would say it had to be done with conditions that were so extreme, you obviously wouldn't do it.

I think the idea that you would do everything you can to prevent what is coming at you by way of something very disruptive - a 9/11 - it's a no-brainer.

Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people.

I don't know how you define 'neoconservatism,' but I think it's associated with trying to spread open political systems and democracy.

I like the life of ideas and applying ideas to action.

World Affairs Councils are great organizations. They help keep people throughout our country alive to important developments in world affairs and underscore that, in the country, we stay engaged and we are part of the world.