Madeleine Albright: “I think they are so stunningly damaging to America's position that I find it hard to believe that somebody that is in…”

A democracy is always a journey.

Backing for democratic values must be the centerpiece of any strategy to create a more secure, stable, healthy and prosperous global environment.

Like other authoritarians, he equates his well-being with that of the nation, opposition with treason. Because he believes that the U.S. dominates its own region by force, he thinks Russia has the same right.

The problem with a 'pale, male, and Yale' State Department is that it is a direct affront to the American values of democracy, opportunity and, yes, diversity.