And this - this board was - was impanelled in 1951. And it's gone through ups and downs in how the secretaries have used it. But I have put a premium on that advisory board.

This is a complicated time to govern in the world today because of so much going on and it's coming at us at such an unprecedented rate.

I took an oath of office to the Constitution, I didn't take an oath of office to my party or my president.

(The) chain of command has failed over the years, obviously, for a lot of reasons.

I’m a United States senator. I’m not an Israeli senator.

No one person leads alone - can't do it, it's impossible. It doesn't make any sense. You need a team.

The president of the United States is the commander in chief, and the people who work with him at the National Security Council are his arm in working with the Defense Department. And, quite frankly, they have responsibility for all of the government. We are one component of the government.