Bashar al-Assad and those who still stand by him are now responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 in Syria.

We have some straight journalism, but then we have opinion and perspective. And I think a lot of people, especially young people, don't know how to tell the difference, and aren't motivated to tell the difference.

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.

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

Peace, prosperity, and democracy cannot endure if imposed from the outside. We should cease to make false distinctions between peacekeeping and prevention; they are in fact inextricably linked.

It's in our interest to continue with the Paris Agreement and to deal with climate change as the real threat it actually is.

Americans are hungry for change both at home and in our relations with the rest of the world.