As press secretary, I spent countless hours defending the administration from the podium in the White House briefing room.

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 believe in working together to solve the problems we've got. And we need to get rid of the venom in the political atmosphere in D.C. It's a poisonous atmosphere.

I think it reflects the reality on the ground, that this was an important milestone that's been achieved by the Iraqi people, and it's a significant development. It's a real hopeful moment for democracy in Iraq.

Waging an unnecessary war is a grave mistake.

I think that there's a tendency in this town to try to selectively pick snapshots, when the broader reality is that we have a record of results and that we're getting things done for the American people.

Churches are like announcement factories that pump toxic levels of noise pollution into the atmosphere.