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I Think It's Very, Very Important That In Foreign Policy And National Security Decision Making, As In Any Other Realm, That There Be A Range Of Diversity That Reflects The Full Complexity Of America. We Should Draw On Those Experiences To Inform Our Decision Making.

Governing Is Different Than Campaigning, And That Comes With A Whole Different Level Of Responsibility.

Well, Nigeria Has Played A Constructive Role In Peacekeeping In Various Parts Of West Africa. But Unless And Until Nigeria Itself Is Democratic And Respects Human Rights, It Too May Well Be A Source Of Much Greater Instability As Political Repression Limits The Ability Of The People Of Nigeria To Achieve Their Full Potential.

Be Who You Are. If You Spend All Of Your Time Worrying About How People View You, You Will Not Be Either Faithful To Yourself Or Effective In What You're Trying To Do.

For The United States To Recommit Itself To The Obligation That We Undertook In The Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty That Many Other States Undertook, Which Was To Work Towards Disarmament And The Eventual Elimination Of Nuclear Weapons, Is Something That Manifestly Serves Our National Security Interests.