I Am Very Aware Of Being Black

I Don't Worry About How Folks Want To Characterize Me.

Peace, Prosperity, And Democracy Cannot Endure If Imposed From The Outside. We Should Cease To Make False Distinctions Between Peacekeeping And Prevention; They Are In Fact Inextricably Linked.

The Youth Thing Never Really, From My Vantage Point, Slowed Me Down. I Think The Harder Audience For Me To Gain Acceptance From Was The Career Diplomatic Corps That Worked With And For Me In The Africa Bureau.

We Have Been Very Clear That Israel Has An Undeniable Right To Self-defense And That The Rockets That It Has Faced Coming Out Of Gaza Incessantly, The Tunnels That Are Legion And Are Being Used To Infiltrate Into Israel Are Very Legitimate Security Concerns, For Which They Have An Obligation - Against Which They Have An Obligation To Act.

I Like To Think That With Me, What You See Is What You Get, And You Can Like Or Dislike It, It's Up To You, But It's Straight. That's Something That I Pride Myself On.