What I learned is that policymakers have to force consideration of actions that may not have occurred to them at the time.

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.

We are safer if there are not nuclear arsenals around the planet that can be utilized, stolen, sold to terrorists and others who would do harm.

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.

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

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

Iran's economy is now shrinking by 1 percent a year. Its oil production is down 40 percent.