Things happened there that I don't think are the finest hours for anybody, whether it was a journalist, the legal system or, in that case of the political system, who would say that was an example of when Washington worked best.

Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran with certain stories for not wanting to get beat. There's a pressure that exists in your profession. I would be surprised in any honest exchange that you say that doesn't exist.

We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually.

Personally, I don't pick books for how people think about me. I read books so I can learn.

I like what I read, I find it intellectually engaging and I don't really have that much time, so I gotta make every bit count. I read magazines and stuff like that, but if I'm going to read a book, I want to come out smarter. It's not to escape, it's to learn.

We have come a long way and we have a little further to go.

The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.