I also go on long walks with my dog, a golden retriever named Breeze-and I work out with weights at a health club a couple of times a week.

The President has a wonderful sense of humor, which is one of the reasons it is so much fun to work for him.

In fact, my mom always told me because I was the daughter of an Army officer born overseas in Paris, France, that under the Constitution she believed that I could never run for president.

The fundamental difference between us and the terror network we fight is that we value every life.

And, you know, I watched him in Texas where he stood on his principle but he also reached out to members of the other party to try to work with them, to try to forge agreement where he could in keeping with his conservative principles to make Texas a better place.

We are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the President encourages vigorous debate.

For the year after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican National Committee because the lawyers advised that was the proper way for me to comply with ethics regulations and continue to advise the President.