All of us as citizens have to be consumers and judges.

I think it's very, very important that in foreign policy and national security decision making, as in any other realm, that there be a range of diversity that reflects the full complexity of America. We should draw on those experiences to inform our decision making.

The United States share of the African market it's very small, it's only about 8 percent.

The notion that -- which some people are trying to suggest, that by asking for the identity of an American person, that is the same as leaking it, is completely false. There's no equivalence between so-called unmasking and leaking.

The youth thing never really, from my vantage point, slowed me down. I think the harder audience for me to gain acceptance from was the career diplomatic corps that worked with and for me in the Africa Bureau.

President Obama is perhaps the smartest person I've ever worked with.

One can't erase the tremendous burden of apartheid in 10 years, 20 years, I believe, even 30 years.