I Joke That I Spent 38 Years

We, As Americans, Have An Interest In Ensuring That The Only People Who Get To Vote For Our Elected Leaders Are Our Citizens, And Not Some Foreign People Who Think That They Have An Interest In Skewing Our Election In One Direction Or Another.

Without Investing In The Rule Of Law For The Poor, None Of The Other Investments We Make Will Be Sustainable.

India Is At The Vanguard Of Figuring Out How To Exploit Technology And Innovation On Behalf Of Democratic Accountability.

As A Journalist, I've Felt As If It's A Privilege That People Share Their Stories And Want You To Be The Messenger.... Even In My Current Job, When I Go Abroad, I'm Racing To Get Back To The President And The Secretary To Share What I've Seen.

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.