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.

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.

Silence in the face of atrocity is not neutrality; silence in the face of atrocity is acquiescence.

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

President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.

'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.

Being an occupier is not good for anybody's global standing. It is a catalyst for terrorist recruitment.