Progress is the product of human agency. Things get better because we make them better. Things go wrong when we get too comfortable, when we fail to take risks or seize opportunities.

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

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

When my son was a mere three months old, I started working at the State Department. I was not only the youngest Assistant Secretary of State but I was also a breastfeeding mother. I'm the first to admit that this felt crazy at times, and the balancing act is never ever easy. But my two kids are the most wonderful things that have ever happened to me.

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

I don't get drunk, I get a little happy on rare occasion, and I'm probably dancing if I'm that happy.

We're well aware, and we have been for a long time, that there is a real threat from adversaries, state actors, non-state actors, to hack us, influence us, destroy stuff through cyber means. Because cyber threat has been understood for a while, it's longstanding, it's a concern.