Success is not about who never fails. It is about who can spring - or even stagger - back up.

There is a convergence of crises that makes it challenging to keep the world's attention.

When I wake up in the morning, I think about Syria.

I think that the only time we will really know what then-President Trump is going to do about the set of challenges that confront him is after he has sat down with his advisers as the commander in chief, when he's looking at the threats and the intelligence from the standpoint of being the number one decider, when he's hearing from his secretary of defense, his chairman, who was the same chairman President Obama had, Chairman Joe Dunford, who is an outstanding public servant, who has led our anti-ISIL effort, on which we're making great progress.

In general, my rule is find out where your heart is, then speak from the heart. People know the difference between that and something scripted.

We need to deter the Palestinians in any way we can.

International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police.