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Thirty Years Ago, About 80% Of A Company's Assets Resided In Its Plant And Equipment, With 20% In The Knowledge Of Its People. Today, The Reverse Is True. The Knowledge Of Our Staff Is Our Principal Asset

We Must Be Honest In Acknowledging That Neither Germany Nor The Us Has The Luxury Of Assuming That We Can Skate By On Half-measures In Afghanistan And Pakistan And Not Risk Suffering The Consequences.

We Can't Let Others Judge Information For Us.

I Am Straight Forward; I Am Not Manipulative; I Am Not Two-faced. And I Think That That Has Served Me Well In All Of My Roles, Particularly As A Diplomat, Because People Knew If I Said Something, I Meant It. If I Said No, I Meant No, And If I Said We Could Make This Work, We Would Make It Work.

I'm Apologetic When I Feel Like I've Made A Mistake. And When I Have Done A Disservice To Myself Or Someone Else. But I Don't Feel A Need To Apologize For Doing Or Saying Something That I Think Needs To Be Said, Just Because It May Not Sit Comfortably With Somebody Else.