Win Or Lose, People Know What You

I Am Delighted To Be Here In These New [council On Foreign Relations] Headquarters. I Have Been Often To, I Guess, The Mother Ship In New York City, But It's Good To Have An Outpost Of The Council Right Here Down The Street From The State Department. We Get A Lot Of Advice From The Council, So This Will Mean I Won't Have As Far To Go To Be Told What We Should Be Doing And How We Should Think About The Future.

Barack Obama Is An Incredibly Intelligent, Thoughtful, Decisive Person In Pursuing The Agenda He Sets.

You Know, People Make A Lot Of Money Talking About Me, Don't They? They Just Get On Those Shows, And They Talk Away. There's Nothing I Can Do. And That's One Of The Great Lessons I Try To Convey In My Book, Which My Mother Implanted In Me As A Young Girl.. Is You Can Either Be An Actor In Your Own Life, Or A Reactor In Somebody Else's.

I Understand It. People Are Very Willing To Say Things About Me, To Make Accusations About Me That Are - I Don't Get Upset About Them Anymore, But They Are Very Regrettable.

I'm Not Making Excuses For The Missed Opportunities Of The Israelis, Or The Lack Of Generosity, The Lack Of Empathy That I Think Goes Hand-in-hand With The Suspicion. So, Yes, There Is More That The Israelis Need To Do To Really Demonstrate That They Do Understand The Pain Of An Oppressed People In Their Minds, And They Want To Figure Out, Within The Bounds Of Security And A Jewish Democratic State, What Can Be Accomplished.