America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children.

When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.

As Americans, we don't see the role of government as guaranteeing outcomes, but allowing free men and women to flourish based on their own vision, their hard work and their personal responsibility.

Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies.

I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.