I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but I quickly announced, innocently but very ambitiously, that I wanted to be, I was going to be, a foreign correspondent.

And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.

But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the world, the United States, which affects every other country in the world.

Objectivity doesn't mean treating all sides equally. It means giving each side a hearing.

I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century.

Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.

But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and with about 100 dollars.