I consider myself a Republican.

When I was the director of Central Intelligence in the early '90s, I tried to get the Air Force to partner with us in building drones. And they didn't want to, because they had no pilots.

I think it's kind of a stretch. You know, it's one thing if somebody working for the U.S. government has sold secrets to the other side, it's another if they have something in their personal life that they're hiding for which they could be blackmailed. Having evidence that they didn't tell the truth to somebody in the same building where they work, maybe it's just the old intel guy, is - it's a problem.

A wild and crazy weekend involves sitting on the front porch, smoking a cigar, reading a book.

The reality is, the United States has global interests. Our defense budget is about the same as the defense budgets or military budgets of every other country in the world put together.

America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long.

One of my favorite little sayings is, 'To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.