I don't usually comment on columnists' ideas of what I'm thinking. That's a dangerous game to get into.

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

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

I think it's extremely important that the president Donald Trump himself indicate that he too wants to discover the full truth behind what the Russians did to elections 2016.

The political and substantive reality is that the agenda has to change. I don't think they have any choice.

The most important thing we can do is prosecute the offenders, deal with those that have broken the law and committed this crime. And if we can do that then we can begin to deal with this issue and send a signal this is not a problem that we are going to ignore in the United States military.

One of the principal qualities that you need as national security adviser is trust, the trust of the president. And that depends on truth and it depends on honesty.