A skilled diplomat rarely generates extreme reactions.

China is in its own category - too big to ignore, too repressive to embrace, difficult to influence, and very, very proud.

You can't just think that you will get a job for no good reason... And I think that the other part is you have to work your way up, you know I did a lot of Xeroxing and getting coffee...I always did what I was asked to do. I delivered. People knew that I would get things done and get them done well. And that is a big part of our resumes, are based on being responsible and being willing to do what needed to be done.

I know that war is very cruel and that life is harder when you aren't able to live in the place you called home.

Our collective experience has shown that when women have the power to make their own choices, good things happen.

The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time. You're trying to get the right approach and the right answer, and there are moments that aren't very pleasant. But in the end, you look at the overall product.

Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen.