“So often when you’re in the United States you see the world from one view. But when you go overseas you see it in a whole different perspective, and so you have a more complete view of how the world really is.”

“I’ve always told people interested in what we do that there are there’s one key work in what we do and it’s service. I don’t care if it’s the Foreign Service for those who have a vocation to serve abroad or it’s the Civil Service. I think people working for State have a distinct ethos and it comes across.”

“It’s a team effort, whether in the operations center or an embassy. Everyone from all of the career tracks has a critical role that they play in the conduct of diplomacy.”