You can reclaim your own narrative.

I was in such a state of mental shock and quickly spiraled into a depression at the multitude of loss. My husband, I thought, was going to leave me. I was cut off from this mentor and someone I cared for very much, David Petraeus, who also did nothing to stand up for me and in fact, empowered his surrogates to throw me under the bus, and that was devastating.

Hopefully women can work with [Ivanka Trump ] to influence up the chain of command. I think it's good for us, for women. It's a glimmer of hope.

It's reducing my entire professional career and background to this one word [mistress].

I've moved on with my life and I'm trying to find a path to re-establish my career.

I had been sort of a rising star - an athlete, a scholar, a leader. My dream was to become a high-level national security adviser.

[Fighting for equality for women] that's what my mission has been for the last years.