What you have to be concerned about are the extremists. On the whole, we need to understand the more moderate Muslims before they become more radicalized.

What you have to be concerned about are the extremists. On the whole, we need to understand the more moderate Muslims before they become more radicalized.

There are an awful lot of things going on that need understanding and explanation, but - to put it mildly - the world is a mess.

Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.

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.

I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.

A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together.