I love Afghanistan and Pakistan, and I enjoyed the hospitality of both tribesman and villagers in 1996 and 1997.

So, it's saddens me to say that I feel we have missed our moment in spearheading a successful military mission in Afghanistan -- at least at this time. I support...

Don't fool yourselves, we may be the good ole' US of A, but we need international election monitors as much as any third-world government today. I received an email yesterday from my book agent. One of her clients is Connie Rice, not Condi, but Connie. Connie is Conoleeza's cousin, but...

I just heard from a friend in Georgia whose young co-workers are being sent to the front line to battle the Russians. My friend prays for a settlement soon. He knows that his countrymen are no match against the Russian forces, and he also prays for U.S. and international...

The American president who will be elected in 2008 will have to be a different kind of leader -- not just because he or she is an African-American male, or an elderly statesman still haunted by a decades-old war, or a CEO, or a woman -- but a leader who...

In my voting lifetime, I don't believe I've witnessed a more impressive lineup of democratic presidential candidates. So it pains me a bit, to have to pick between them, especially with the election still a year away.

Although I appreciate Senator John Edwards' candor, and his very accurate perspective...

At the 2007 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, German Chancellor and EU President Angela Merkel gave the opening address. Britain's (now former) Prime Minister Tony Blair, spoke of world trade, climate change and Africa. King Abdullah of Jordan opened the Forum on the Middle East...

After being told by Tim Russert on Meet the Press that both the Iraqi parliament and the U.S. Congress want a troop withdrawal, Senator McCain argued that he knew how democracies worked, and that America winning this war was the only way to gain peace in Iraq, if not the...