As a young girl I think I wanted to be a horse woman. I loved horses.

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

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

And when I started college, I think I was good at two things: arguing and asking questions.

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

I can't imagine anyone who doesn't think the world is safer without a tyrant who murdered his own people, used weapons of mass destruction against them and flouted the world for so many years.