"Angelina is living proof of the power we all have -- every one of us -- to make a difference. I was deeply moved by her descriptions of individual refugees struggling to live with dignity and hope, and found her personal commitment to be an inspiration."

"It's too late for me to have a big family - I can't imagine it now. But I do think that what people like Angelina Jolie do is amazing."

"She's absolutely serious, absolutely informed. Her work with refugees is not something to decorate herself. She studies the issues. For her, it's not about saving the world, it's about saving kids. She doesn't need this. This needed her."

"Her point is to stay, help the Iraqis, especially those who are out of the country, want to come back home, the time is right now, and that the surge is working. Now, if you read the piece by Angelina Jolie today in the Washington Post, you will conclude that she is deeper and in ways more specific than Obama about this if you read the whole article. She makes more sense than Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama or anybody on the Democrat side about this. It’s stunning."