People are consuming the news that is comfortable for them, not necessarily the news that is real or that they need to know.

The U.S. cannot go it alone simply when it is convenient.

We must be honest in acknowledging that neither Germany nor the US has the luxury of assuming that we can skate by on half-measures in Afghanistan and Pakistan and not risk suffering the consequences.

Americans understand that our security is enhanced when the United States is trusted and respected in the world.

We have some straight journalism, but then we have opinion and perspective. And I think a lot of people, especially young people, don't know how to tell the difference, and aren't motivated to tell the difference.

Peace, prosperity, and democracy cannot endure if imposed from the outside. We should cease to make false distinctions between peacekeeping and prevention; they are in fact inextricably linked.

I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interests