There are real threats but there's a difference between recognizing real threats and an irrational kind of apocalyptic threat.

Fears don't exist in isolation. They tend to rise and fall depending on what people think they can do about them.

There are real threats but there's a difference between recognizing real threats and an irrational kind of apocalyptic threat.

Foreign policy is a little bit like a guy who goes to Las Vegas. If you win too much, then you eventually bet the mortgage. You start to think you are infallible.

When you talk about the security and safety of average Americans it doesn't do average Americans a lot of good to expand America's military footprint if the daily lives of average Americans are being undermined by the fact that we're no longer able to compete in a global economy. I think that's the kind of human security we have to pay more attention to.

I think the most inspiring thing that Americans can do for the rest of the world is struggle against the evils in our own society.

Clinton is a very capable, conscientious person. I think she cares very deeply about policy. She knows a lot about how the government works, and I think those things are very important. You don't really appreciate those things until you get a guy like George W. Bush in the White House, and then you realize that when you don't have someone who knows or cares about government policy, a lot of bad stuff can happen.