Stephen J. Hadley: “We need to show them that the American political and economic system works; we need to overcome our political gridlock;”

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.

I think the reason that the free world follows us and that despots and dictators fear us is because of our values.

I urge all Americans to unite behind the President's defensive decision to strike one of the world's most powerful terrorist who was organizing against--organizing attacks against Americans in Iraq in defiance, I might add, of U.N…

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.