It is an accomplishment for all Iraqis.

It is an accomplishment for all Iraqis.

It was a business decision. We just felt this was the right time for me to come in. There's no read more

It was a business decision. We just felt this was the right time for me to come in. There's no love lost, there's no harm. I'm coming in with an open mind and ready to play, no grudges at all.

People in their 40s and 50s are saving for their kids and for their retirement. They have the most difficult read more

People in their 40s and 50s are saving for their kids and for their retirement. They have the most difficult time saving because they have the most overhead expenses.

[Aziz's patrol continues on past one of the two main mosques in Karmah. Over the past few days, the Iraqi read more

[Aziz's patrol continues on past one of the two main mosques in Karmah. Over the past few days, the Iraqi soldiers have told the Marines what the imams have blasted over loudspeakers—calls to rise up and attack the Americans. But, under strict orders, the Marines may not enter mosques or schools. They don't like it.] What I'd give to be able to look in there, ... You know they're hiding something.

The man has a lesbian daughter, yet he wants to make gays and lesbians second-class citizens in the U.S. Constitution.

The man has a lesbian daughter, yet he wants to make gays and lesbians second-class citizens in the U.S. Constitution.

There's a good feeling about the new cabinet, especially as the reformists are still around. We need some continuity as read more

There's a good feeling about the new cabinet, especially as the reformists are still around. We need some continuity as far as reforms are concerned.

It was a tragedy, ... I wish it had never happened.

It was a tragedy, ... I wish it had never happened.

In 14 hours, I don't think there were 14 minutes about women. The first commercially viable music in the world read more

In 14 hours, I don't think there were 14 minutes about women. The first commercially viable music in the world were the blues women of the 1920s.

For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way read more

For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to make songs that have something classic about them whether you can play them with an orchestra or an electro synthesizer or an acoustic guitar.