I think disease and all the things that we treat are tied to national security in a lot of ways that we maybe don't realize or that the American people don't realize. If other countries have a chance to be stable, then that helps us. If there are ways we can prevent if there are ways we can help other countries defeat diseases, we're about to totally eradicate polio. And can you imagine? That would be so terrific.

What I want for children in our country and around the world is safe, stable and loving homes.

Books are important. They help you sleep at night.

I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view.

Any criticism of someone you love is hard to take.

It was an honor and a thrill to have the chance to meet His Holiness, Pope Benedict, and then to have lunch with Prime Minister Berlusconi.... I think Italy and the U. S. have a very strong friendship and relationship, and I'm proud of that.

For countries to succeed, for democracies to succeed, the women and men in those countries need to be free. Women and men need to know their rights.