Companies should be able to share specific threat information with the government without the prospect of lawsuits hanging over their head.

The fundamental premise is that neither the United States or the international community is going to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.

Caution is an important quality in a leader, but it has to be caution followed by decision. Caution followed by ambivalence can be a weakness.

My whole life has been dedicated to public service.

The Taliban is resilient.

The area of climate change has a dramatic impact on national security.

China is a major power in the Pacific and I think we are dealing with some common threats in that region: the whole issue of Korea and the stability of Korea, the whole issue of nuclear proliferation, the whole issue of providing free access to our ships that are operating in that area.