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I'm a mother, I'm a journalist, I'm an American; I'm all of those things, and it really complicates your job when you have all these things come into play.

If you're the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I'm a parent. I have daughters.

I'm not here to - as a parent, I believe we are specifically here to help our children mature in the way that they can take on their own lives. I'm not here to live their lives for them. That's not my job.

I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at as an American.

I'm child of immigrants.

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.

My parents started a business out of the living room of our home and, 30-plus years later, it was a multimillion dollar company. So, President Obama, with all due respect, don't tell me that my parents didn't build their business.

First and foremost, my job is to protect the American people.

I'm a public servant. And I work for the American people.