However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.

Before people crow about the absence of weapons of mass destruction, I suggest they wait a bit.

The Iraqi elections struck a blow to the heart of global terrorism.

One thing, change, is what everyone says. The question is, what type of change? What's the right change to produce a different outcome for the people left behind by globalization?

Well, we definitely need a strong and clear and assertive America. That's for sure. But you've always got to build alliances. And so it's very important that we are able to build those alliances. And where we don't do what in a way to extremists want us to do, which is to make this into a battle between the West and Islam - it's not. This isn't a clash between civilizations. It's about whether the values of tolerance and respect for difference prevail.

I think Hillary Clinton is an outstandingly capable and decent person.

If you are trying to take a difficult decision and you're weighing up the pros and cons, you have frank conversations. Everybody knows this in their walk of life.