Any Ambassador or Foreign Service Officer who has his or her head screwed on right knows that the U.S. position in the world is far more dependent on our ability to compete in world markets.
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If I was to criticize the administration for anything, ... it is the general opinion people have in so many places around the world that the United States is so powerful now -- and the only superpower now -- that we can do almost anything we want.
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My own view of this, by the way, is, if the war on terrorism is successful over time, in its own way it's going to box Saddam in in a way that's going to make it much more difficult for him to maintain his power, and that he's going to become increasingly isolated. I think that's going to take time.
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I'm not sure very many people have had an opportunity to say anything about it,
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Now there is a cultural change under way in the Foreign Service.
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I believe that sooner or later we're going to have to deal with Saddam Hussein, because of his general reputation, because of what I'm convinced he's done with regard to terrorism and the support thereof. But I'm not at all sure I believe that it has to be right now.
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