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I like to think that as I get older I'm getting better at spending time with people who have qualities that make them worth spending time with.

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Half of Syria's refugees are children, and we know what can happen to children who grow to adulthood without hope or opportunity in refugee camps. The camps become fertile recruiting grounds for violent extremists.

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Initially, I tried to become an aid worker and someone who could help people, but I was unsuccessful in convincing anyone that I could be of any use. So I went and became a war correspondent without any experience in war or in being a correspondent. So that was daring.

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We are responsible for our incredulity.

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All advocacy is, at its core, an exercise in empathy.

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Whatever its flaws, the United Nations is still the only institution that brings together all the countries of the world. And it is the best forum for the United States to spur countries to act - and to hold them accountable when they don't.

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Don't take for granted that the worthiness of your cause will win you allies; bring it down to a scale that people can relate to.

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I would like to put forward a simple thesis that should no longer be at all controversial: it is now objectively the case that our national interests are increasingly affected not just by what happens between states, but also by how people are treated within states.

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President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.

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Because it started as an offshoot of al Qaeda in Iraq, ISIL has long been subject to U.N. sanctions, and all countries have a legal obligation to freeze its assets and prohibit its business dealings. But countries around the world need to do more to make these sanctions work.

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Public Servant

Born: September 21st, 1970

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