I don't think there's any question that America is safer as a result of the bin Laden operation.

Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific.

The one thing that I remember from all of my intelligence briefings and my dealings with the Russians is that when you deal with the Russians, you have to deal with them from strength, not from weakness.

Iran is isolating itself from the rest of the world.

I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world.

The reason we've always had a civilian in that job [Secretary of Defence] is because we really believe that it is policymakers who ought to control the military and not have the military control the military.

I think my best advice would be to separate Donald Trump, the president of the United States from whatever investigation is being conducted by the FBI. I mean, there is something to be said, frankly, about the need for the appointment of an independent prosecutor because the American people are entitled to have a full review of what happened as a result of what the Russians did during our election.