I knew that the Hague Convention prohibited the use of poison in war. I didn't know the details of the terms of the Convention, but I did know of that prohibition.
Being an American is something I wanted to be for a very long time, probably since I saw the moon landing when I was a child.
If one of my boys was asking me if they should go into politics, I'd say there's only one reason to go into public life and that's to help people.

