I can assure you, public service is a stimulating, proud and lively enterprise. It is not just a way of life, it is a way to live fully.

This nation is never finished. It has to be re-created in each generation.

For decades the American people have had an addiction to oil and gas.

When you're talking with a person at this level of the government, at the very highest level, I think you have to be very discreet because he, President Clinton, is very aware that anything he says publicly can have a profound impact on American politics and on world politics.

Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the interests of the United States and the world if wisely administered.

We should insist that governments receiving American aid live up to standards of accountability and transparency, and we should support countries that embrace market reforms, democracy, and the rule of law.

So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia.