I Consider Myself A Republican.

My Last Visit To China As Secretary, January Of 2011, I Told President Hu Jintao, Just Like This, "president Of The United States Wanted Me To Tell You That We Now Consider North Korea A Direct Threat To The United States." And It Had No Effect Whatsoever.

If Iraq And Afghanistan Have Taught Us Anything In Recent History, It Is The Unpredictability Of War And That These Things Are Easier To Get Into Than To Get Out Of, And, Frankly, The Facile Way In Which Too Many People Talk About, 'well, Let's Just Go Attack Them.

When I Was The Director Of Central Intelligence In The Early '90s, I Tried To Get The Air Force To Partner With Us In Building Drones. And They Didn't Want To, Because They Had No Pilots.

I Don't Know General Michael Flynn Well, But It's Hard For Me To Believe Anybody Would Allow Themselves To Be Blackmailed By The Russians Because They Didn't Tell The Full Story Or Didn't Tell The Truth To The Vice President Of The United States Who Works 50 Feet Down The Hall.

Future U.s. Political Leaders – Those For Whom The Cold War Was Not The Formative Experience That It Was For Me – May Not Consider The Return On America’s Investment In Nato Worth The Cost.