There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field.

As the Ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, I have been briefed since 2003 on a highly classified NSA foreign collection program that targeted Al Qaeda. I believe the program is essential to US national security and that its disclosure has damaged critical intelligence capabilities.

But as I often say, terrorists wont check our party registration before they blow us up.

I think Democrats in Congress love Israel. Our relationship with Israel depends on a strong bipartisan relationship.

Democrats and Republicans love Israel and all of us care about the existential threat to Israel from Iran.

We need spies that look like their targets, CIA officers who speak the dialects terrorists use, and FBI agents who can speak to Muslim women who might be intimidated by men.

I think I am aggressive, I think I am critical when it's necessary.