00:00So Senator, your life has been a lawyer, politician, chairman, but why do you put negotiator
00:20at the top of that pile? Is that how you see yourself now when you look back over the last
00:2570 years? Well, it was a choice between negotiator, chairman, senator. I thought it was the one
00:37that perhaps was universal to all of what I've done in every task, whether in Northern
00:44Ireland or as majority leader in the Senate or as chairman of the Walt Disney Company.
00:50I did a lot of negotiating. Honestly, the most important thing in Northern Ireland, I'm asked
01:00often, what do you feel about it? What do you feel good about? What I hope is remembered
01:07is that I helped make it a more peaceful place.
01:15There must be an end to violence and intransigence. They are the twin demons of Northern Ireland.
01:30The search for peace in Northern Ireland is obviously primarily a matter for those most directly
01:37involved. The American role will continue to be one of supporting the efforts of the British
01:43and Irish governments to make that dream a reality.
01:46The possibilities of peace are real, and an American is in the middle of the deal-making.
01:54The former Senate majority leader says nothing prepared him for the hatred and hostility he's
01:59found here. While the politicians talk, terrorists keep killing. George Mitchell may be the last
02:05best hope to bring peace to Northern Ireland.
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