I remember my mom saying to me that what your friends do is one thing, but what you do could be on the front page of the paper.

I fell far short of living up to the kind of public servant I wanted to be.

I still like and admire George W. Bush. I consider him a fundamentally decent person, and I do not believe he or his White House deliberately or consciously sought to deceive the American people.

When I was knowingly misled but only learned that much later, that's really when I started to become disillusioned at the White House.

Waging an unnecessary war is a grave mistake.

The collapse of the administration's rationales for war, which became apparent months after our invasion, should never have come as such a surprise. In this case, the 'liberal media' didn't live up to its reputation. If it had, the country would have been better served.

The Orange Revolution was a powerful example of democracy around the world. The people of Ukraine are continuing to shape their own future.