Our biggest national security crisis is Barack Obama.

Obama sees America as another country on the UN role call. Somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe.

Iran is barely over 50% Persian, and Arabs, Baluchis, Azeris, Kurds and many other groups feel left out of the society. That regime has a lot more weaknesses than people see.

A strong State Department to me means a corps of career officials who believe that their job is to advocate America's interests and who are trained in effective advocacy, not schooled in accommodation.

It's very personal in its politics, very bitter and very negative.

We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material capability - it could fabricate a nuclear weapon within one year.

I am all in favour of democracy in Iraq.