I think it's very, very important that in foreign policy and national security decision making, as in any other realm, that there be a range of diversity that reflects the full complexity of America. We should draw on those experiences to inform our decision making.

I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself.

Nobody's tried to touch my hair in like, in decades.

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

Since I've had a career, my hair has been more or less professional.

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.

I don't worry about how folks want to characterize me.