As a child, I really did see buildings bombed, and what makes me different from an American that's the same age as I am is that I can understand what happens when there is fighting in a way that they couldn't.

I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave.

People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.

We have to understand where we have strategic relationships that require us to take a different approach. I guess the easiest way to describe it is: different strokes for different folks.

Iraq is a long way from the U.S., but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face.

You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.'

There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.