Women hold themselves back because they don't think their perspective matters. I'm here to tell you that you're not just robbing yourself when you do that: you're robbing all of us.

When I worked in the Obama White House, people in national security positions had been uneasy making broad public arguments, particularly about political matters.

Many have observed that Elizabeth Edwards could be a political figure in her own right. She has never had an interest in that.

I was born in Pascagoula, Mississippi, lived there a couple of times. My dad was in the Navy. So, we lived in Mississippi and South Carolina until I was 11, and then I moved to California, went to, you know, high school there in the Monterey Bay area.