I worry a little bit about - quote - "regime change." We haven't had a great deal of success with that in years. That's just really difficult.

The truth is, we live in deeds, not days; in actions and thoughts and feelings, not heartbeats.

I worry a little bit about - quote - "regime change." We haven't had a great deal of success with that in years. That's just really difficult.

The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there's not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan.

Don't try to run your life through a single straw. Someone, some event, will cut it off.

In every war at some point in time, you do sit down and negotiate.

I've said for a long time, clearly the - a, a critical key to success in the region is going to be Pakistan and our relationship with Pakistan, which was one that was broken in the late '80s and which we've worked hard to restore.