My favorite things in life are my children. If somebody wants to understand me, there's no better window into that than my children.

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.

International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police.

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

The story of U.S. policy during the genocide in Rwanda is not a story of willful complicity with evil. U.S. officials did not sit around and conspire to allow genocide to happen.

My kids are my salvation.... It's a delight to walk in and get charged by a five-year-old and a two-year-old. That'll make you forget the darkness.

In the 2000 election, George W. Bush, who had shirked military service, succeeded in presenting himself as more reliable on national security than Al Gore.