When It Came To The Vietnam War,

I Was Working In The Same Building As U.s. News & World Report, And I Banged On The Door And Said, "i'm Ready To Go." And They Said, "what's Your Combat Experience?" I Said, "does My Parents' Divorce Count? It Was Pretty Rough." Then They Said, "what's Your Reporting Experience?" And I Said, "i Covered The Women's Volleyball Team In College Exceptionally Well." The Guy Was Like, "you Are So Not Ready To Be A War Correspondent."

When I Wake Up In The Morning, I Think About Syria.

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.

Foreign Policy Is An Explicitly Amoral Enterprise.

My Basic Feeling About Military Intervention Is That It Should Be A Last Resort, Undertaken Only To Stave Off Large-scale Bloodshed.