President Obama has got the most moderate temperament.

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

The notion that I had become a political lightning rod was painful for me to experience.

The notion that -- which some people are trying to suggest, that by asking for the identity of an American person, that is the same as leaking it, is completely false. There's no equivalence between so-called unmasking and leaking.

I am straight forward; I am not manipulative; I am not two-faced. And I think that that has served me well in all of my roles, particularly as a diplomat, because people knew if I said something, I meant it. If I said no, I meant no, and if I said we could make this work, we would make it work.

I was conscious of the fact that it could be to my disadvantage to marry a white guy - that some folks would hold that against me.

It's in our interest to continue with the Paris Agreement and to deal with climate change as the real threat it actually is.