In all those years I've known Pat, she never made me feel like a maid. She made me feel a key member of the family in the house. We became close friends. We called each other by our first names.

I learned a lot about America and a lot about Pat Schroeder, and that's why I will not be a candidate for President.

I find Pat a terrific academic leader, very straightforward and a good communicator, and well-versed in the workings of a complex university. He is decisive and responsive in decision making, seeks and incorporates input to important decisions and has an excellent interpersonal style.

I'm not trying to be difficult, ... but I want to be informed before I make a decision. Until then, everything is still in place, all the rules.

Pat Roberts and I both feel very strongly that when we get to Iran, that we can't make the same mistakes. We have to ask the questions, the hard questions before, not afterwards, and get the right intelligence.

I don't set the alarm to get up. I get up when I feel like it.