You Can't Sit On The

The U.s. Cannot Go It Alone Simply When It Is Convenient.

It Is Manifestly In The Interest Of The United States To Deal With The Very Real Threat That Climate Change Poses. And That's Why President Obama Has Worked So Hard To Reduce Our Own Emissions And To Lead Internationally In Forging The Paris Climate Agreement.

We Must Be Honest In Acknowledging That Neither Germany Nor The Us Has The Luxury Of Assuming That We Can Skate By On Half-measures In Afghanistan And Pakistan And Not Risk Suffering The Consequences.

Progress Is The Product Of Human Agency. Things Get Better Because We Make Them Better. Things Go Wrong When We Get Too Comfortable, When We Fail To Take Risks Or Seize Opportunities.

The Notion That I Had Become A Political Lightning Rod Was Painful For Me To Experience.