Madeleine Albright: “I do think that the situation in Venezuela and the region is very dangerous and a horror show in so many ways in terms…”

The United States must lead.

Putin is small and pale, so cold as to be almost reptilian, embarrassed by what happened to his country and determined to restore its greatness.

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.

Building and sustaining democracy should be a first principle, not an afterthought, in U.S. foreign and national security policy.