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Religion embarrasses the commentators. It is offbounds. An editor of the old Life magazine once assigned me a book on religion with remark that I was the only 'religious nut' - his term for a believer - in his stable of regular reviewers.

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I was working in the same building as U. S. News & World Report, and I banged on the door and said, "I'm ready to go. " And they said, "What's your combat experience?" I said, "Does my parents' divorce count? It was pretty rough. " Then they said, "What's your reporting experience?" And I said, "I covered the women's volleyball team in college exceptionally well. " The guy was like, "You are so not ready to be a war correspondent. "

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One of the things that a president needs in the face of genocide is resolve.

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'Acting as if. . . ' I decided, ridiculously in retrospect, that my experience covering women's volleyball for my college newspaper was sufficient for me to at least try to become a war correspondent.

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Brokenness is the operative issue of our time - broken souls, broken hearts, broken places.

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From Richard Holbrooke - and I miss him every day - I learned two things. One, prioritization: Never take your eye off the longer-term reforms. The other thing is, he was a hell of a schmoozer! So I should take advantage of my Irish love of beer and gift of the gab, and build relationships. That's a cherished part of the job, asking someone, "How did you get to be the Rwandan ambassador?" I try to take advantage of the fact that I hope to be here at least until the president's term ends getting to know my colleagues.

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Countries that intervene militarily rarely do so out of pure altruism.

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