Madeleine Albright: “We need to make clear that we need to be back, and really do need to make clear in so many ways that we are a leader in…”

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

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.

Corruption is the cancer of democracy, and I think it is something that has to be worked on very actively.

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.