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.

I consider it my patriotic duty as an ordinary citizen - not as Secretary of State - to ask questions. I think we have to ask ourselves the tough questions.

Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.

I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic.

I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I had problems with, because I arrived in a very large plane that said United States of America. I had more problems with the men in our own government.

I am such a political person.

For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice.