We have an interest in combating tactics in war that are abhorrent and that only fuel terrorism because they incite people on the ground.

Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere.

You've got to deploy serious political assets around a plan [in Darfur]. And the George W.] Bush administration has never had a plan. Ever. The Europeans don't want to do anything, saying, "The Americans are in charge of that." And in fact the Americans are in charge of naming it and bringing these resolutions every few weeks to the Security Council.

Every working mother struggles with the BlackBerry, knowing the boss can call.

I like to think that as I get older I'm getting better at spending time with people who have qualities that make them worth spending time with.

My kids are my salvation.... It's a delight to walk in and get charged by a five-year-old and a two-year-old. That'll make you forget the darkness.

Brokenness is the operative issue of our time - broken souls, broken hearts, broken places.