I don't have time to think about the false controversy.

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.

When my son was a mere three months old, I started working at the State Department. I was not only the youngest Assistant Secretary of State but I was also a breastfeeding mother. I'm the first to admit that this felt crazy at times, and the balancing act is never ever easy. But my two kids are the most wonderful things that have ever happened to me.

Iran's economy is now shrinking by 1 percent a year. Its oil production is down 40 percent.

South Africa's increasingly, for example, the largest foreign investor in various other parts of Africa.

I'm sort of in this rhythm where we want to make the most of the time we have, but when it's done it will be time for it to be done.

I have to separate my personal concerns from my professional responsibilities.