I'm not big on commissions.

You don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on.

Sexual assault has no place in the military. It is a violation of everything that the US military stands for.

An aggressor nation or extremist group could gain control of critical switches and derail passenger trains, or trains loaded with lethal chemicals.

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

Well look, CIA is an agency that has to collect intelligence, do operations. We have to take risks and it's important that we take risks and that we know that we have the support of the government and we have the support of the American people in what we're doing.

I know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions.