Thomas A. Garrett: “We can have a regime change if we will strictly enforce sanctions. We have never been willing to do that.”

I believe to my very core that the best of the collective is achieved by empowering the individual.

I believe, paraphrasing, there are threats greater than an Islamist insurgency that's nationalist in its nature.

I believe that an empowered educated economically-thriving class of women across the world will reduce radicalism and reduce conflict and increase economic opportunity.

We have an ability--and a responsibility... to be a check on executive power by virtue of speaking when we are in disagreement.