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.

President Obama is an extraordinary person to work with and for.

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

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.

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

There is not an inherent contradiction between a Ukraine that has longstanding historic and cultural ties to Russia, and a modern Ukraine that wants to integrate more closely with Europe.

Well, I think by any expectation South Africa has come a tremendously long way. We've seen a society that many people thought couldn't withstand a peaceful transition to democracy without a great deal of violence, in fact, make that transition and do it in relative peace and security.