President Obama Has Got The Most Moderate

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

If You're Trying To Get Something Done, There Will Always Be People Who Don't Want To See You Get Something Done, Or Who Have A Stake In The Status Quo. And If They Approach That Through Ad Hominem Criticism Of You, You've Got To Have Enough Confidence And Thickness Of Skin To Be Able To Endure.

I Am Straight Forward; I Am Not Manipulative; I Am Not Two-faced. And I Think That That Has Served Me Well In All Of My Roles, Particularly As A Diplomat, Because People Knew If I Said Something, I Meant It. If I Said No, I Meant No, And If I Said We Could Make This Work, We Would Make It Work.

For The United States To Recommit Itself To The Obligation That We Undertook In The Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty That Many Other States Undertook, Which Was To Work Towards Disarmament And The Eventual Elimination Of Nuclear Weapons, Is Something That Manifestly Serves Our National Security Interests.

What I Learned Is That Policymakers Have To Force Consideration Of Actions That May Not Have Occurred To Them At The Time.