students always read george canon and everyone insphiers write that telegram. probably that's had its moment in history, and it's the way foreign policy is made. not likely to happen again so explaining to students well, what is foreign policy, and where does the service fit in and state department fit in? and state and foreign policy, let's see apparatus behind it and what can you expect if you were to go it a consulate or embassy anywhere in the world what would it look like and feel like? that's what i was doing at the time. >> what was your initial reaction on that day and learned of the wikileaks cable and the fact that they were released and what did you think their impact was? >> shock, horror, disbelief like all of my colleagues. and sort of racking my brain for what had we written in previous embassy the one that was at the top my mind. that might embarrass us or might undermine u.s. foreign policy. what had i cleared on, i shouldn't have -- what my name appear on. [laughter] and wishing that i could sit down with colleagues and talk about but no longe

students always read george canon and probably that had moment in history and it's the way foreign policy is made. it's not likely to happen again. explaining to students, well, what is foreign policy and where does the foreign fit in and where do stakeholders in foreign policy and what's the appear rat us behind it and what can we expect if we were to go to consul or embassy anywhere in the world, what would that look like or feel like. that's what i was doing at the time. >> what was your initial reaction on that day and when you learned of the wikileaks cables and the fact that they were released and what did you think their impact was? >> shock, horror, disbelief, like all of my colleagues and sort of racing my brain, it was at the top of my mine that might embarrass us or might undermine u.s. foreign policy. what had i cleared on, what would my name appeared on and wishing that i could sit down with my colleagues to talk about it but no longer working at the embassy but now being based in new england is the diplomatic residence, i would love to be part of the conversations but i have