There are elites that are real leaders and role models. There are elites that are really selfish and want to pull up the ladder once they've reached the roof.

A vision without resources is an hallucination.

I have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school.

No matter what your profession – doctor, lawyer, architect, accountant – if you are an American, you better be good at the touchy-feely service stuff, because anything that can be digitized can be outsourced to either the smartest or the cheapest producer.

Iraq may still have a decent outcome...but even if it becomes Switzerland, we overpaid for it.

There is a connection between energy, climate, food and political stability. That has played out in the Arab awakening and is not done playing out.

I love America. I think it's the best country in the world. But I also think we're not tending to our sauce.