"Douglas Brian "Pete" Peterson" is an American politician and diplomat. He served as a United States Air Force pilot during the Vietnam War and spent over six years as a prisoner of the People's Army of Vietnam/North Vietnamese army after his plane was shot down. He returned to Hanoi when he became the first United States Ambassador to Vietnam in 1997. He was an ambassador until July 2001, after which he devoted himself to philanthropic work.

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The flow of traffic is easier. It shows well.

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The thing we're going to want to know is where do unit sales go moving forward, ... We'd like to see plans for unit growth to continue along with margin growth.

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The interesting thing there, though, is that they did cut back on sales of lower margin phones. That helped them get the higher operating margin, but it did cost them some revenue.

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It was Bill Clinton who opened up and had the vision for moving ahead rather aggressively with our relationship with Vietnam, when in many senses it may not have been to any political advantage of his, ... He saw this as an opportunity for America to heal wounds and to build bridges.

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This today was a real step and what I felt is a maturity in this relationship.

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[The U.S. has $17 trillion of unfunded liabilities.] In the G-7 countries it's 50 percent to100 percent larger in relationship to the Gross Domestic Product, ... This is a global issue.

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You couldn't have imagined this occurring four or five years ago, certainly, maybe not even two or three years ago. And here we are now, two nations standing side by side with essentially the same purposes, the same goals.

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I would characterize the meeting as very cordial, very comfortable, ... It (the exchange) was rather free-wheeling, without reading from notes. It was incredibly comfortable.

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I'd seriously consider asking Bob Dole, if President Clinton wins, to be a cochairman, ... but that might be a fantasy.

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