[We] are focused on protecting and defending our common security and upholding a rules-based order that undergirds the peace and prosperity of the region and the world. In this work, we are grateful for our continued partnership with Singapore.

I have no patience with people who go around blowing up innocent people.

For the world has changed, and we must change with it

When I was in Washington, I would usually get home from the Capitol at about 7:30 or 8, and I would try to write as much as possible. It was almost all in the wee hours.

We have to have better intelligence. We have to have better interdiction capabilities. And so the issue is not how much we spend or how hard we try; the issue is are we doing it the right way? Are we being smart about it?

While the future is unknowable, the winds always blow in the direction of human progress.

The United States has been a Pacific nation for over two centuries. That's not going to change.