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I Got Into Journalism Not To Be A Journalist But To Try To Change American Foreign Policy. I'm A Corny Person. I Was A Dreamer Predating My Journalistic Life, So I Got Into Journalism As A Means To Try To Change The World.

From Richard Holbrooke - And I Miss Him Every Day - I Learned Two Things. One, Prioritization: Never Take Your Eye Off The Longer-term Reforms. The Other Thing Is, He Was A Hell Of A Schmoozer! So I Should Take Advantage Of My Irish Love Of Beer And Gift Of The Gab, And Build Relationships. That's A Cherished Part Of The Job, Asking Someone, "how Did You Get To Be The Rwandan Ambassador?" I Try To Take Advantage Of The Fact That I Hope To Be Here At Least Until The President's Term Ends Getting To Know My Colleagues.

'acting As If...' I Decided, Ridiculously In Retrospect, That My Experience Covering Women's Volleyball For My College Newspaper Was Sufficient For Me To At Least Try To Become A War Correspondent.

We Know That Often Holding Those Who Have Carried Out Mass Atrocities Accountable Is At Times Our Best Tool To Prevent Future Atrocities.

My Kids Are My Salvation.... It's A Delight To Walk In And Get Charged By A Five-year-old And A Two-year-old. That'll Make You Forget The Darkness.