Can I Be Blunt? Yes. Can I

People Are Consuming The News That Is Comfortable For Them, Not Necessarily The News That Is Real Or That They Need To Know.

I Spend Every Day Up At The United Nations Where I Have To Interact With 192 Other Countries. I Know How Well The United States Is Viewed.

I Was Working With A Number Of African Heads Of State. And After Their Initial Surprise, I Think Many Of Them Just Treated Me As They Would Anybody Else. They Had To Deal With Me As A Representative Of The United States Of America, And The United States Of America Was Too Important To Be Dismissed Or Ignored On Any Grounds.

I Have No Regrets Whatsoever That I Have Acted In A Way To Advance My Country's Interests

South Africa's Increasingly, For Example, The Largest Foreign Investor In Various Other Parts Of Africa.