World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

There is a split between Muslims who want to practice their faith in peace and tolerance with other religions and other people, and these extreme, radical fundamentalists who have shown a total lack of tolerance for people with different views, starting with people who they don't think are good Muslims, and going on to include Christians and Jews.

Nothing generates more heat in the government than the question of who is chosen to participate in important meetings.

Bureaucracies have a natural tendency not to cooperate, coordinate or consolidate with each other. They won't cooperate with each other - unless they are forced to do so by political level authority.

It's an improvisation on a theme. You know where you want to go, but you don't know how to get there. It's not linear.

World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

Our enemy is Al Qaeda and its allies, people who have publicly said they wish to attack the United States again, people who have publicly called on nuclear physicists and engineers to help them gain access to nuclear weapons, which, as the whole world knows, Pakistan has.