I Have Decided Not To Run For

A Strong State Department To Me Means A Corps Of Career Officials Who Believe That Their Job Is To Advocate America's Interests And Who Are Trained In Effective Advocacy, Not Schooled In Accommodation.

The U.n. Is One Of Many Competitors In A Marketplace Of Global Problem Solving.

It Was Right To Overthrow Saddam Hussein. It Was The Regime Itself That Was A Threat. I Think In Hindsight, What I Would Have Done Is Turn Authority Back Over To Iraqis Much More Quickly And Say: "your Country, You Figure Out How To Run It."

Politicians, Like Generals, Have A Tendency To Fight The Last War.

I Wouldn't Give Up On Russia, And With Oil At $90 A Barrel, They Can Refurbish Their Strategic Capabilities And Under An Authoritarian Regime, Those Nuclear Weapons Are Still There And In The Wrong Hands We Might Have A Problem Again.