I was planning, I told everybody, to take him on the road with me. At the very least I fully expected to keep up my hectic pace, and my passion as a war correspondent.

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We do it because we're committed, because we're believers.

We do it because we're committed, because we're believers.

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play...

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play...

We hear foreign accents on CNN. It's crazy, it's wild, who knows, maybe they'll take...

We hear foreign accents on CNN. It's crazy, it's wild, who knows, maybe they'll take...

Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win.

Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win.

I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that...

I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that...

We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.

We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.

I have spent the past ten years in just about every war zone there was.

I have spent the past ten years in just about every war zone there was.

Little did we know then that CNN would become the big league.

Little did we know then that CNN would become the big league.

And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.

And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.

I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of...

I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of...

U.S. soldiers, with whom I now have more than a passing acquaintance, joke that they...

U.S. soldiers, with whom I now have more than a passing acquaintance, joke that they...

And I really believe good journalism is good business.

And I really believe good journalism is good business.

Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or...

Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or...

If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay...

If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay...

And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that...

And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that...

But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the...

But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the...

If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect...

If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect...

I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but...

I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but...

I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone...

I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone...

But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and...

But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and...