I am a team player - and that is what you need to be an effective point guard. You gotta see the court, you gotta set up the play, and you gotta let others execute for the most part. I don't throw elbows for the sake of throwing elbows, but if somebody throws one at me and it's necessary to respond in kind, I suppose I can if I have to.

I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.

What I learned is that policymakers have to force consideration of actions that may not have occurred to them at the time.

I have been to Libya and walked the streets of Benghazi myself.

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.

The problem is, Hamas is using force to try to extort progress on its political objectives.

I spend every day up at the United Nations where I have to interact with 192 other countries. I know how well the United States is viewed.