I think about Syria when I go to bed at night.

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.

What is most needed in Darfur is an international peacekeeping and protection presence, and this is what the Sudanese government most wants to avoid.

Success is not about who never fails. It is about who can spring - or even stagger - back up.

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

The key to U.N. reform is giving Americans a clearer picture of what the U.N. is and what it isn't, what it can be and what it can't be.

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