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I'm an ambassador 24 hours a day.

Americans who may be going to the largest embassy we've ever had.

I usually work 16-hour days.

I'm a public servant. And I work for the American people.

Normally, I work 18 hours a day.

I'm in charge of the State Department's 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 posts.

I've worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.

I serve at the discretion of the prime minister.

The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the American business community. That is a much more difficult task than understanding a statistical matrix.

I work 338 days a year, 16 hours a day.