The point is, once they have a missile that can hit the United States, we are now back in the kind of game we used to worry about with the Soviet Union, only the Soviet Union was more mature about…

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The question is not really about a shift to the economic cone where officers are...

The question is not really about a shift to the economic cone where officers are...

My point here is I think international pressures of our acting unilaterally again are going...

My point here is I think international pressures of our acting unilaterally again are going...

Any Ambassador or Foreign Service Officer who has his or her head screwed on right...

Any Ambassador or Foreign Service Officer who has his or her head screwed on right...

The whole nuclear thing is a terrible mess and it's hard for me to understand...

The whole nuclear thing is a terrible mess and it's hard for me to understand...

Some day, somebody is going to have to start talking about what happens to us...

Some day, somebody is going to have to start talking about what happens to us...

That said, there is a tendency to help the large industrial conglomerate more quickly than...

That said, there is a tendency to help the large industrial conglomerate more quickly than...

The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the...

The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the...

We have to spend a lot more time training people to be good advocates of...

We have to spend a lot more time training people to be good advocates of...

What I can't quite see at this stage is that the evidence, even to the...

What I can't quite see at this stage is that the evidence, even to the...

There is a natural partnership between State and Commerce, and the American business community to...

There is a natural partnership between State and Commerce, and the American business community to...

We must advertise to U.S. business that we are there, that our attitude has changed,...

We must advertise to U.S. business that we are there, that our attitude has changed,...

Now there is a cultural change under way in the Foreign Service.

Now there is a cultural change under way in the Foreign Service.

In the best of all worlds everyone in the Embassy is doing something to assist...

In the best of all worlds everyone in the Embassy is doing something to assist...

What is more important is that Foreign Service Officers understand business, about the needs of...

What is more important is that Foreign Service Officers understand business, about the needs of...

And beyond that, the next issue is how do we guarantee one of these weapons,...

And beyond that, the next issue is how do we guarantee one of these weapons,...

I think what he's - what he believes, and he may be correct, I don't...

I think what he's - what he believes, and he may be correct, I don't...

In a time of constrained resources we will have to shift emphasis. but not necessarily...

In a time of constrained resources we will have to shift emphasis. but not necessarily...

Small- and medium-sized companies do not know what we have to offer and that needs...

Small- and medium-sized companies do not know what we have to offer and that needs...