"It's been part of my recovery that this is not going to change my job, " he said.

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My job with the U.N. basically is not at all in conflict with this because I'm sort of the outside guy.

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There is no perfect time -- there's not been a time in my short time in this job where I have called the networks and said, how about now -- does this time work for the President to speak?

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