'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.

My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.

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

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

In general, my rule is find out where your heart is, then speak from the heart. People know the difference between that and something scripted.

American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term.

As a journalist, I've felt as if it's a privilege that people share their stories and want you to be the messenger.... Even in my current job, when I go abroad, I'm racing to get back to the president and the secretary to share what I've seen.