I Am Blunt When I Want To

Legislation That Would Withhold Funding For The United Nations Is Fundamentally Flawed In Concept And Practice, Sets Us Back, Is Self-defeating, And Doesn't Work.

One Of The Things I Love About Negotiations Is That You Have To Be Able To Play It Like An Orchestra, Different Instruments For Different Circumstances. There's Sweetness, And Encouragement, And Cajoling. There's Pressure, There's Drama, There's Ultimatums.

I Think One Of The Real Issues That We're Faced With Is How We Consume News, How The Media Is Perceived, How Fake News Is Gaining A Degree Of Currency Without Criticism That Is Dangerous, In My Judgement.

President Obama Is Funny, He's Thoughtful, He's Challenging, He's Fun To Work With - And It's Been An Extraordinary Privilege.

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.