Being under the microscope meant I was never given any slack. I still managed to screw up plenty in life, mind you, but in the things I really cared ….

Happy Father's Day -- or as they call it in my family, happy brother-in-law's day..

A simple leather jacket... has gotten me through cocktail parties in New York and cold nights in Afghanistan..

I cannot see him. I cannot have a relationship with my father and be morally consistent... I lived with all these adopted children, so they are my fa….

Hillary Clinton respects good ideas wherever they come from. That's something I haven't seen in a lot of powerful people..

I had siblings from South Asia, from East Asia, from depressed communities around America, and you know, we'd have long conversations..

You eat a lot of goat stomach when you're in North Africa. You eat whatever's put in front of you. I am a big proponent of that..

I know full well how important women are in diplomacy and development. I grew up with seven sisters..

It's incumbent on good public servants to maintain their voices and originality of thinking..

Manners. Manners will get you through anything..

For every young person I meet, I learn an idea..