Caution is an important quality in a leader, but it has to be caution followed by decision. Caution followed by ambivalence can be a weakness.

My father said I was perfectly suited for Washington because I've always worked around nuts.

I know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions.

Red lines are kind of political arguments that are used to try to put people in a corner.

Rather than undermining the Palestinian Authority, it is in Israel's interests to strengthen it by... continuing to transfer Palestinian tax revenues and pursuing other avenues of cooperation.

Winning in Afghanistan is having a country that is stable enough to ensure that there is no safe haven for Al Qaida or for a militant Taliban that welcomes Al Qaida. That's really the measure of success for the United States.

I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.