As Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak have repeatedly said, the intelligence and security relationship between the United States and Israel at present is unprecedented. It has never been stronger.

President Obama has got the most moderate temperament.

I'm sort of in this rhythm where we want to make the most of the time we have, but when it's done it will be time for it to be done.

I think most Americans understand that we went through a period in which American leadership was judged quite critically internationally.

I am blunt sometimes; I am diplomatic sometimes; I am all things in between. Abrasive, you know, I guess it's in the eye of the beholder.

I think one of the real issues that we're faced with is how we consume news, how the media is perceived, how fake news is gaining a degree of currency without criticism that is dangerous, in my judgement.

Bashar al-Assad and those who still stand by him are now responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 in Syria.