There is a natural partnership between State and Commerce, and the American business community to work together to educate the United States about marketing overseas.

The consequence of a world full of nuclear powers to me is so incomprehensible in terms of the dangers that that implies.

My father was somewhat to the right of Genghis Khan.

If George Bush [Jr.] decided he was going to turn the troops loose on Syria and Iran after that he would last in office for about 15 minutes. In fact if President Bush were to try that now even I would think that he ought to be impeached. You can't get away with that sort of thing in this democracy.

I believe that sooner or later we're going to have to deal with Saddam Hussein, because of his general reputation, because of what I'm convinced he's done with regard to terrorism and the support thereof. But I'm not at all sure I believe that it has to be right now.

In the best of all worlds everyone in the Embassy is doing something to assist U.S. exports.

Any Ambassador or Foreign Service Officer who has his or her head screwed on right knows that the U.S. position in the world is far more dependent on our ability to compete in world markets.