I have no reason not to ensure that the truth is told and I am tired of the way in which the Republicans have smeared my family and myself for no reason other than to perpetuate their lies to the American people.

That said, it will be a cold day in hell before I vote for a Republican in the future.

I don't think we're safer at all as a consequence of this.

My knowledge of Africa and of Niger is almost unparalleled in US policy circles.

I did not like fascists when I fought them as a diplomat for 23 years and I don't like them now in my own country.

Everybody understands that when you do something like this, your credibility has to be tested.

The act of leaking my wife's name to the press was a political act.

I have long felt that it is readers and viewers of conservative media who could benefit from a more balanced discussion of what is at stake in our policy and the actions of our government.

I did, absolutely, and I supported the first Gulf war.