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

Iran's arms exports to the murderous Assad regime in Syria are of particular concern. As the Panel of Experts has concluded, Syria is now the central party to illicit Iranian arms transfers.

I'm sort of in this rhythm where we want to make the most of the time we have, but when it's done it will be time for it to be done.

If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.

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.

President Obama is perhaps the smartest person I've ever worked with.

There is not an inherent contradiction between a Ukraine that has longstanding historic and cultural ties to Russia, and a modern Ukraine that wants to integrate more closely with Europe.