I suddenly realized at the CIA that I had to make life-and-death decisions about people.

In this century, the 21st century, the U.S. recognizes our prosperity and our security depends even more on the Asia-Pacific region.

Iran is isolating itself from the rest of the world.

People elected Donald Trump because he acts decisively. He fired James Comey. He didn't fire the entire FBI. If there's something there, the FBI is going to continue to investigate it.

The United States has to be a leader in the world, because the problem is: If we are not leading, nobody else will.

Frankly, my fundamental beliefs have not changed.

Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.