I've worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I majored in political communications, so I intended to be a diplomat.
My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on.
Even when I was at CIA, I'd go to visit foreign leaders and I'd say, 'You know, I'm not a diplomat. I'm just an old CIA guy'... I said, 'If I wanted to be diplomatic, I'd have been a diplomat.'
My career was always about working with people, and understanding issues and problems and helping them to solve those issues and problems. How you deal with people - that's what diplomacy is all about. So while I'm not a career diplomat, many of the skills I had seemed to directly translate into the diplomatic arena.
I'm always trying to be a good ambassador for my country.
Right, well I am, I was a career diplomat for 37 years from 1960 until 1997 during the early 1980s from 1981 to 1985 I was the United States Ambassador to Honduras.
I'm a diplomat by nature. I help find the middle ground. I crack a joke and use humour to help resolve potentially vicious situations quickly. It gets things in perspective and helps everyone to see that things aren't as bad as they seem.
My father was a diplomat for part of his life and I jumped from country to country and culture to culture.
I am an undiplomatic diplomat.
I was a political science major in college and dreamed of being a diplomat.