I can reassure you that it was all accounted for.

We do not approach this challenge with needless confrontation but with the posture of measured and deliberate strength.

We can do two things at one time.

Rules are great, but if you can't back them up with hard power, the rules are not worth the paper they are written on.

the plan to rotate US and UK nuclear-powered submarines through Australia was 'still on track'

For too long, the security of this region has rested disproportionately on American military power, while many of our allies and partners allowed their own defense capabilities to atrophy.

When we look across the region today, there is rightful alarm regarding China’s historic military buildup and the expansion of its military activities in the region and beyond.

Any decision about future Taiwan arms sales, as the president [Donald Trump] said, will rest with him as a nature of that relationship.

Our ability to recommence, if necessary, is we are more than capable.

Hung Cao is fantastic, but I would not couple the two in any way at all.

A Pacific dominated by any hegemon would unravel the regional balance of power and undermine the equilibrium we all seek to preserve.

The battlefield does not grade on a curve, and you can’t throw your pronouns at the enemy.