For Somebody Who Loves Foreign Policy, Being

What Distinguishes Americans From Many People In The World Is Our Kind Of Endemic Optimism.

Hate, Emotionalism, And Frustration Are Not Policies.

As A Child, I Really Did See Buildings Bombed, And What Makes Me Different From An American That's The Same Age As I Am Is That I Can Understand What Happens When There Is Fighting In A Way That They Couldn't.

Leaders Are Made By The Situations They Are Involved In. I Think That Some Rise To The Occasion And Some Do Not.

The Day-to-day Making Of Policy Is Arguing All The Time. You're Trying To Get The Right Approach And The Right Answer, And There Are Moments That Aren't Very Pleasant. But In The End, You Look At The Overall Product.