But finding these 16 warheads just raises a basic question: Where are the other 29,984? Because that is how many empty chemical warheads the U.N. Special Commission estimated he had - and he has never accounted for.

I come from very conservative parents, and we weren't particularly wealthy, but we were comfortable.

Iran has interest in seeing that the Shia population of Iraq basically adhere to a line that comes from Iran.

I think there was a pretty smooth hand-off from the administration of President Clinton to the administration of President Bush, particularly in the counterterrorism area. The reason I say that is because there was, for transitions, I think a stunning continuity.

I think insanity is the hardest thing to play.

Secretary Clinton has dramatically changed the face of U.S. foreign policy globally for the good. But I wish she had been unleashed more by the White House.

I'd have described myself as a Tolkien reader before this, but now I'd describe myself as a Tolkien geek.