Be who you are. If you spend all of your time worrying about how people view you, you will not be either faithful to yourself or effective in what you're trying to do.

I have great ambitions for when I get out of government. I will watch a broader range of stuff.

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

President Obama is perhaps the smartest person I've ever worked with.

What we have done is when the threat has been directed at the United States, i.e., the terrorist threat from ISIL or Al-Qaeda in Syria, is to go after them.

I don't have time to think about the false controversy.

What I would say about me is: What you see is what I get.