All of us as citizens have to be consumers and judges.

We must be honest in acknowledging that neither Germany nor the US has the luxury of assuming that we can skate by on half-measures in Afghanistan and Pakistan and not risk suffering the consequences.

I'm apologetic when I feel like I've made a mistake. And when I have done a disservice to myself or someone else. But I don't feel a need to apologize for doing or saying something that I think needs to be said, just because it may not sit comfortably with somebody else.

I don't get drunk, I get a little happy on rare occasion, and I'm probably dancing if I'm that happy.

I have to separate my personal concerns from my professional responsibilities.

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

The United States share of the African market it's very small, it's only about 8 percent.