We are patriots in my family, we are believers in America, we're believers in democracy.

I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interests

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

Like democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything.

South Africa's increasingly, for example, the largest foreign investor in various other parts of Africa.

The Russians are clearly already engaged in a proxy war against the government of Ukraine. And that is something that we and the rest of the world have actively condemned and sanctioned Russia already heavily for, particularly the United States, as we have imposed now meaningful, tough sanctions in critical sectors, including the defense sector, the financial sector, and the energy sector.

I am blunt sometimes; I am diplomatic sometimes; I am all things in between. Abrasive, you know, I guess it's in the eye of the beholder.