In General, My Rule Is

I Was Interning In The Cbs Sports Affiliate In Atlanta With Robin Roberts.... I Was Taking Notes On A Braves-padres Game, And On The Live Feed Came Footage Of These Kids Protesting And Getting Crushed During The Tiananmen Square Uprising In China In 1989. In That Moment I Became Like A Lot Of Young People In This Country Today, Horrified And Inspired But Confused As To What I Might Do.

It Is Easy To Get Used To The Morning News, Habituated. But Don't. The Morning News Is Yours To Alter.

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.

In The '90s, There Was Scant Presidential Leadership And Insufficient Domestic Political Mobilization For Foreign Policy Grounded In Human Rights.

I Think We Do Have An Interest In Combating States That Try To Cross Borders And Steal Parts Of Other People's Country.