The kids are Job One. So, to be quite candid, if they need me, I do my utmost to make sure I'm there.

I think most Americans understand that we went through a period in which American leadership was judged quite critically internationally.

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.

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

We have been very clear that Israel has an undeniable right to self-defense and that the rockets that it has faced coming out of Gaza incessantly, the tunnels that are legion and are being used to infiltrate into Israel are very legitimate security concerns, for which they have an obligation - against which they have an obligation to act.

I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.

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.