One of the things that a president needs in the face of genocide is resolve.

International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police.

'Acting as if...' I decided, ridiculously in retrospect, that my experience covering women's volleyball for my college newspaper was sufficient for me to at least try to become a war correspondent.

Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.

My favorite things in life are my children. If somebody wants to understand me, there's no better window into that than my children.

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

Without investing in the rule of law for the poor, none of the other investments we make will be sustainable.