My goal is to be the tough negotiator but... not to air differences through press releases.
That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well.
I think a great negotiator is an aggressive negotiator, and we're aggressive negotiators, We're not worried about someone coming at us.
I was the principal negotiator for the Department of Defense, when I was secretary of the Navy, on the issue of Toshiba technology concerns with American submarines.
I have great respect for Sandra Day O'Connor. She has broken so many barriers for women in the law, and was a master negotiator and pragmatist in her days on the Supreme Court.
Maximus: [the negotiator is riding headless towards the army] They say, "No."
