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.

My father said I was perfectly suited for Washington because I've always worked around nuts.

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

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.

Russians understand strength, and if they feel that their opponents are weak, they will take advantage of it.

I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.

The Taliban is resilient.