I wouldn't say it's a split. It's a difference of emphasis. It does exist between, I would say, the State Department and the Defense Department.

I think China will do nothing to obstruct it, and they probably will go along with it.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

Diplomats operate through deadlock, which is the way by which two sides can test each other's determination. Even if they have egos for it few heads of government have the time to resolve stalemates, their meetings are too short and the demands of protocol too heavy.

I grew up as a discriminated minority in a dictatorship, so obviously the issue of human rights is a matter of concern for me.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.