Rice "seemed to cruise at a very high altitude," says WaPo writer.

I have absolutely no freakin' idea what that means.

Or this:

"You aren't going to be successful as a diplomat if you don't understand the strategic context in which you are actually negotiating," [Rice] said Tuesday. "It is not deal-making. It's not. There are a set of underlying relationships, underlying balance of power, leverage on different sides, and you have to recognize when you are in a position to then, on top of that, find a solution given the underlying balance."

(Washington Post)