I don't think we should pay people to fight terrorism. I would be amazed if they asked for anything in return.

This country cannot afford to tear itself apart on a partisan basis on issues so vital to our national security.

What political leaders decide, intelligence services tend to seek to justify.

No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with the enemy.

In my particular case foreign policy happens to be my hobby, my consuming interest. I had spent decades studying it.

Withdrawal of US troops will become like salted peanuts to the American public: The more US troops come home, the more will be demanded.

The Gorbachev period is conceived as an abandonment of historic Russian positions. So this is the framework, in my view, in which Putin operates.