Madeleine Albright: “I do think the following thing: There was not a time that I had a meeting with the Chinese, either at the U.N. or later…”

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.

There is a movement on the other side. There is kind of rising nationalism in a number of different countries.

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.

Colin Powell's legacy of service to the country he loved will long survive his passing.