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.

In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay to aim his gun at a child.

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.

What we do and say and show really matters.

I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that people have risked their lives to get.

I believe America will always win the war. It's a superpower that no one can challenge. The real challenge is for the United States to win the peace.

And I really believe good journalism is good business.