Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.

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

I think we do have an interest in combating states that try to cross borders and steal parts of other people's country.

Countries that intervene militarily rarely do so out of pure altruism.

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

We need to find means for cooperation.

I was working in the same building as U.S. News & World Report, and I banged on the door and said, "I'm ready to go." And they said, "What's your combat experience?" I said, "Does my parents' divorce count? It was pretty rough." Then they said, "What's your reporting experience?" And I said, "I covered the women's volleyball team in college exceptionally well." The guy was like, "You are so not ready to be a war correspondent."