It's hard to change adults, and it's hard to change it from a political position or a perceived political position.

No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens.

People have notions of what a wife's role should be in this process, and it's been a traditional one of blind adoration. My model is a little different - I think most real marriages are.

When I'm unhappy with something, people know, because I don't want to hold on to it. I'd rather deal immediately with the stuff that bothers me, so using my network - my girlfriends, my husband, my mom - I talk a lot, I vent.

To me, with age, everything has gotten better. You have way more control; you know yourself better.

I think I'm probably more typical of the average American who doesn't have a connection to a military community.

Child hunger and child obesity are really just two sides of the same coin. Both rob our children of the energy, the strength and the stamina they need to succeed in school and in life. And that, in turn, robs our country of so much of their promise.