GS: Do you see travelers as having the power to be cultural ambassadors? You can’t make new things unless you can break the old and we aren’t afraid to break the old. No child ever gets in trouble in school, no matter how poor the system, for questioning orthodoxy. The second reason why we are so incredible is stamped into the DNA of every native-born, as well as naturalized, citizen: the overwhelming disregard for orthodoxy. There are two reasons why America is so special: one is that we have a constant wave of immigration from the 1700s onward … Think of the courage it takes to pick up and leave all that you know, go to a country where you don’t speak the language, and say “I’m going to make it." It takes optimism, courage, and the notion that I can do anything. “Do you really mean it? Is that how it works? How did you make this happen?” And I tell them two things. These are the questions I get asked when I travel around the world, particularly countries under stress and siege. They really do want to know whether we believe that we hold these truths self-evident, that all men are created equal, endowed by their creator. More countries and individuals around the world repair to us because of our value set. ![]() We really are looked to as not just the example of our power, but the power of our example. GS: Do you ever get fired up when you see things in your travels? You are with President Xi Jinping in China. The who won it presented me the pony and asked me to name it. Then the horse race ended and the kids’ average age riding bareback was 13 years of age. I accidently hit the target and ! But it was a wonderful, wonderful experience to experience … the geography and culture. I’m kind of an amateur and so they jokingly handed me the bow. Their archers were firing at the target like they would in a contest. In the meantime, they are famous for their archery, and they took me over to this all-open field, and somewhere between 80 to 120 yards there was this target at the other end of the field. I had my granddaughter with me and she kept going “Wow!” In addition to that you could see in the horizon … a thin, dotted line of a 20-mile horse race going on that was going to conclude in front of our banquet table. There was this incredible contortionist that absolutely blew our minds. You can’t see it, but there was a big table we had a banquet and happen at any one of these gatherings when they set camp and stayed for a while. what would be an ordinary campsite a Mongolian nomadic tribe moving across the steppes. You can see the mountains are way in the distance. They took me out on the steppes of Mongolia. What they wanted me to get a sense of the cultural background and heritage of. ![]() JB: I went because I wanted to demonstrate our administration’s support for the emerging democracy in Mongolia in a really tough neighborhood, surrounded by Russia and China. Here’s another image where you are awarding a Bronze Star in Afghanistan to a Sergeant Jeremiah Workman. ![]() GS: Traveling with family can really enrich you. He was highly decorated and came back with a Bronze Star … I remember getting off the aircraft thinking, as usual, “My son is briefing me about what I’m about to encounter.” I mean it. This was where the base was, and I remember we had to go in at about 85 miles an hour, going through checkpoints because it was still very much a hot war … There’s no one I’ve ever respected more than my son. I was about to get off the aircraft, and my son was briefing me on what I was about to encounter. That’s called a "silver bullet." It looks like two campers strung together, and it is what the vice president or president travels in other than Air Force One and Air Force Two. Right after I was nominated in 2009, I’d been in and out of Iraq a total of 24 or so times. There's no one I've ever respected more than my son.
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