What I Would Say About Me Is:

People Are Consuming The News That Is Comfortable For Them, Not Necessarily The News That Is Real Or That They Need To Know.

Iran's Arms Exports To The Murderous Assad Regime In Syria Are Of Particular Concern. As The Panel Of Experts Has Concluded, Syria Is Now The Central Party To Illicit Iranian Arms Transfers.

The Youth Thing Never Really, From My Vantage Point, Slowed Me Down. I Think The Harder Audience For Me To Gain Acceptance From Was The Career Diplomatic Corps That Worked With And For Me In The Africa Bureau.

The Notion That -- Which Some People Are Trying To Suggest, That By Asking For The Identity Of An American Person, That Is The Same As Leaking It, Is Completely False. There's No Equivalence Between So-called Unmasking And Leaking.

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.