"The Americans must have begged you not to take this job.
I don't know if one can really say this. The U.S. is not known to be shy. I'll leave that to them. I've always had a good, constructive relationship with the U.S. It's not something I'm at all defensive about. I like the way the system operates in the U.S. They have a political system that works very well. I look at the U.S. as a model."