During one televised meeting, I still had no speech in hand when the Council president turned in my direction and said, “I now give the floor to the representative of the United States.” As my microphone light turned red, signaling my time to begin, I felt my special assistant Colleen breathlessly swoop in behind me. I reached my hand back like the anchor in a relay race awaiting a baton, Colleen handed me a green folder, and I opened it and immediately began to read, feigning calm.
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