I'm very much in favor of focused responsibility, and so in the main areas that I'm worried about, I try to have a single person who is basically the key person in that area.

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One always wonders about roads not taken.

One always wonders about roads not taken.

The stakes are very high for us in Haiti. We have many important interests there....

The stakes are very high for us in Haiti. We have many important interests there....

This is a very important relationship we have with Russia, the relationship over the nuclear...

This is a very important relationship we have with Russia, the relationship over the nuclear...

I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called...

I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called...

We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations...

We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations...

Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist...

Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist...

My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into...

My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into...

I think there is a good deal of promise in those discussions as well. I...

I think there is a good deal of promise in those discussions as well. I...

It's very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons...

It's very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons...

The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for...

The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for...

I've got many close friends, but there's an awful lot about friendship that is not...

I've got many close friends, but there's an awful lot about friendship that is not...

Only two countries in this hemisphere are not democratic, but many countries in both Central...

Only two countries in this hemisphere are not democratic, but many countries in both Central...

You know, it's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe;...

You know, it's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe;...

It's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe.

It's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe.

We've had it very clear to the Bosnians that our obligation to equip and train...

We've had it very clear to the Bosnians that our obligation to equip and train...

My father was a small-town banker. He became very ill when I was 10 years...

My father was a small-town banker. He became very ill when I was 10 years...

The NATO forces will, to the extent that they have capacity, assist the war crimes...

The NATO forces will, to the extent that they have capacity, assist the war crimes...

I'm very skeptical about the good intentions of Milosevic.

I'm very skeptical about the good intentions of Milosevic.

The monitors indicated that it was a credible election, I think, in an overall sense,...

The monitors indicated that it was a credible election, I think, in an overall sense,...

We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us....

We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us....