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.

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.

I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished.

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.

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.