In This Day And Age,

I Am Very Aware Of Being Black And Female Because That's What I Am.

We Know That Weapons, Heavy Weapons Continue To Flow Across The Border From Russia Into Ukraine. And We Have Now, In Recent Days, Indications That Russians - Russian Military Units Themselves Have, On Occasion, Fired Into Ukraine.

One Of The Things I Love About Negotiations Is That You Have To Be Able To Play It Like An Orchestra, Different Instruments For Different Circumstances. There's Sweetness, And Encouragement, And Cajoling. There's Pressure, There's Drama, There's Ultimatums.

I Am A Team Player - And That Is What You Need To Be An Effective Point Guard. You Gotta See The Court, You Gotta Set Up The Play, And You Gotta Let Others Execute For The Most Part. I Don't Throw Elbows For The Sake Of Throwing Elbows, But If Somebody Throws One At Me And It's Necessary To Respond In Kind, I Suppose I Can If I Have To.

I Was Working With A Number Of African Heads Of State. And After Their Initial Surprise, I Think Many Of Them Just Treated Me As They Would Anybody Else. They Had To Deal With Me As A Representative Of The United States Of America, And The United States Of America Was Too Important To Be Dismissed Or Ignored On Any Grounds.