For the first time, I wasn't afraid to be smart, and she often stayed after school to work with me.
I was an intelligence officer, not a policy-maker.
The Pakistani government under Musharraf is a strong and key player in the global war on terrorism, and their contribution has been second to none.
As long as there are people who are not happy with their lot in life, as long as the United States is perceived to somehow be the cause of this unhappiness, there will be terrorism.
We have to be mindful that there is the certainty that terrorists will attempt to launch multiple attacks against their enemy, which is us and our allies.
Cyber will be part of any future conflict - whether it's a nation state or terrorism.
The only way to address terrorism is to deal with the issues that create terrorism, to resolve them where possible, and where that's not possible to ensure that there is an alternative to violence.
A tribe, let us say, is warlike. The successes for which it strives, the achievements upon which it sets store, are connected with fighting and victory.
We didn't die,' she said. Of course not. I'm too clever to die, and you're too pretty. ' I am pretty,' Valkryie said, managing a grin.
It is a sad moment when the first phlox appears. It is the amber light indicating the end of the great burst of early summer and suggesting that we must now start looking forward to autumn. Not that I have any objection to autumn as a season, full of its own beauty; but I just cannot bear to see another summer go, and I recoil from what the first hint of autumn means.
Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization.