It took us 50 months in Germany, post World War II to go from the end of the war to a national election.

The Crown Prince has said he needs to broaden political participation in the governing of Saudi Arabia.

Intelligence is not a science.

Policymakers have to make judgments based on the best intelligence they get.

We would like to have friendly regimes with enough broad participation of their populations to maintain long-term stability, so that we would have not only access to the region's wealth, but we would be able to ensure the security of our good friend Israel.

These are all elements, but the main thing we can do in the Middle East is encourage the reformist elements.

It took us 50 months in Germany, post World War II to go from the end of the war to a national election.