Stephen J. Hadley: “We need to expose that, and then we need to push back by exporting truth.”

Anyone who has watched the performance of these heroes in the square, and we can only admire their courage as they fight for their freedom, knows that it is not Hezbollah. This is not Hamas. This is an upwelling of the Egyptian people.

Our best information operation has always been truth and trying to get it to the people in these closed societies because what is really the toxic element for them is actually truth about what is happening in the world.

The president made it very clear it's going to be hard, and there's no assurance for success. The president believes his strategy has a prospect for success. It's going to be hard, the NIE says that. The president has said that.

For far too long, Tehran has been permitted to act with impunity against U.S. allies' interests and its personnel. I applaud the President for making our red lines clear.