I am someone who hopes for the best and prepares for the worst.

I am neither frustrated nor planning anything other than being the best Secretary of State I could be.

There is no doubt that America remains the premier political, economic, military power in the world, and I both expect and count on it remaining so, because I think that's certainly in our best interest but also the best interests of the world.

In almost every profession - whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business - people rely on confidential communications to do their jobs. We count on the space of trust that confidentiality provides. When someone breaches that trust, we are all worse off for it.

I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.