what it basically means is you re spending a lot of time with foreign governments in problematic places. one of the criticisms has been that he doesn t have state department experience, and that s true. but there s plenty of career people that can be put around him. i actually think that in some ways his business background could be seen as a plus. i mean, we re moving into a very kind of mercantilistic era. exxon is considered to be one of the better run oil companies in part because they had some early problems. the exxon valdez crisis. they had a lot of trouble early on that he helped clean up. they were considered to be one of the better run companies you d want to be in the fox hole with. he s a relative lifer. the check on his foreign exposure is it s only been places with minerals running under the ground or off their shores. but he hasn t dealt with countries where oil is not a