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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.

I Think About Syria When I Go To Bed At Night.

We Need To Find Means For Cooperation.

Democracies Are Expense-averse And They Think In Terms Of Short-term, Political Interests Rather Than A Long-term Interest In Stability.

My Basic Feeling About Military Intervention Is That It Should Be A Last Resort, Undertaken Only To Stave Off Large-scale Bloodshed.