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

I joke that I spent 38 years scouring the globe, going to war zones, trying to find the person with my exact birthday.

We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent future atrocities.

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

I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I'm a corny person. I was a dreamer predating my journalistic life, so I got into journalism as a means to try to change the world.

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.