- Nov 07, 2020
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- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
Brokenness is the operative issue of our time - broken souls, broken hearts, broken places.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
President Obama, like every other leader on Earth, is still going to be looking out for national and economic interests. States don't cease to be states overnight just because they get a great visionary as their new president.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I became director of CIA, it was just clear to me intuitively, without a whole lot of science behind it, that we had expanded rapidly and inefficiently. So I arbitrarily picked a number, 10 percent, and I said over the next 12 months, we are going to reduce our reliance on contractors by 10 percent.
- Executive Branch
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- Nov 07, 2020
Serving in the executive branch is very different than sounding off from an academic perch.
- Choice
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- Nov 07, 2020
My career is not well thought out. Every choice has been instinctive and, quite literally, impulsive in many ways.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are not accepting that countries just get to sit back and let the United States meet threats that are going to roost in their worlds just as easily as they are in ours.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was extremely close to my father, inseparable. Where we hung out most of the time was the pub.
- Frame
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- Nov 07, 2020
The United States should not frame its policy options in terms of doing nothing or unilaterally sending in the Marines.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Initially, I tried to become an aid worker and someone who could help people, but I was unsuccessful in convincing anyone that I could be of any use. So I went and became a war correspondent without any experience in war or in being a correspondent. So that was daring.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
- Left
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have only so many foreign-language neurons. When I learned Spanish, that displaced whatever Irish was left, and then I learned German, and that displaced the Spanish, and when I learned Serbo-Croatian, that displaced the German. So I'm a bit of a muddle.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, it's not an option to despair. The question is: what can we do to make someone's life better? Take the unimaginable strides made in places like Bosnia, where I cut my teeth, and Rwanda. Their stories aren't perfect, but I wouldn't have dreamt they could happen in a million years.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020