I said that we needed to have people on the ground, troops on the ground in a coalition similar to what we had in the first Gulf War.

Politics doesn't have to be a drag. It can be positive, and it can be fun, and it can be inspiring.

I remember when the Egyptian ambassador to the United States stood in the Rose Garden and pledged Arab commitment to removing Saddam Hussein from Kuwait.

I believe we can solve anything. I believe people working together can lift everybody.

To put all of your eggs in one basket is silly. We did that for a long time and I don't think it's very smart.

I think the process of being hopeful, being really opportunity oriented, not just in rhetoric but in action, showing that no one get's left behind, not just by talking about it but by doing it, I think is really a key [to political success].

I think in Washington we have bigger issues than people being outraged by somebody else's tweet. They need to look themselves in the mirror and figure out whether they're serving the country or they're serving their party or their own interests.