The critical thing is that no two situations are alike. Depending on where you are in Africa, the Middle East read more

The critical thing is that no two situations are alike. Depending on where you are in Africa, the Middle East or Asia, laws and medical care are very different. We strive to make sure that travelers have the same information we as diplomats have. Americans and Western interests are targets, and Americans should be aware of that.

Dean probably scares the market the most because he, for now at least, is calling for rolling back all of read more

Dean probably scares the market the most because he, for now at least, is calling for rolling back all of the tax cuts.

My mom says for a good half-hour he searches for me everywhere, so it's hard to leave him when I read more

My mom says for a good half-hour he searches for me everywhere, so it's hard to leave him when I know he does that.

They just assumed I was the Joan of Arc of the women's movement.

They just assumed I was the Joan of Arc of the women's movement.

We're a controversial band, so big that everyone wants to hate us. We get a lot of bad press. I read more

We're a controversial band, so big that everyone wants to hate us. We get a lot of bad press. I don't listen to it. We take it with a grain of salt and keep moving on.

The four seniors really organized things. I've seen it occasionally, but usually not everybody. For all seven of them to read more

The four seniors really organized things. I've seen it occasionally, but usually not everybody. For all seven of them to show up in great shape, that's a really big plus for us.

The public is a lot more forgiving of people with true problems. But you've got to endear yourself to the read more

The public is a lot more forgiving of people with true problems. But you've got to endear yourself to the public, appear more genuinely apologetic.

My brother Mark still lives in the house we grew up in.

My brother Mark still lives in the house we grew up in.

Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour.

Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour.