Nobody's Tried To Touch My Hair In

The Notion That I Had Become A Political Lightning Rod Was Painful For Me To Experience.

When My Son Was A Mere Three Months Old, I Started Working At The State Department. I Was Not Only The Youngest Assistant Secretary Of State But I Was Also A Breastfeeding Mother. I'm The First To Admit That This Felt Crazy At Times, And The Balancing Act Is Never Ever Easy. But My Two Kids Are The Most Wonderful Things That Have Ever Happened To Me.

I've Been Very Lucky To Have Had A Supportive Family, A Great Education, Enormous Opportunity And Challenge.

There Are No Cookie-cutter Solutions That You Can Apply From One Circumstance To Another. They're Different. Our Interests, As Implicated, Are Different. The Tools We Have At Our Disposal Are Different.

Be Who You Are. If You Spend All Of Your Time Worrying About How People View You, You Will Not Be Either Faithful To Yourself Or Effective In What You're Trying To Do.