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

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.

I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.

I don't think I should penalize people who were doing their duty.

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.

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

The Taliban is resilient.