Thomas H. Kean

The ties that bind us together are our shared values, freedom, democracy, the rule of law, the right to self-determination.

Our investments in Europe and Eurasia pay massive dividends for American prosperity and our national interest.

National security and the economic prosperity of the United States is inextricably linked to the security and prosperity of Europe and Eurasia.

In 2014, Russian forces invaded Ukraine's sovereign territory for the first time in Donbas and Crimea.

This Chinese monopoly is concerning both for the control that provides Beijing a supply chain, integral to our economy and national security.

The CCP's involvement in Africa has become a testing ground for the export of its governance and economic molds.

I cannot overState how important transparency and accountability are for the support to continue.

Like so many of you, I cannot forget the images on TV showing Afghan civilians crowding around the gates of HKIA and the aftermath of the Abbey Gate bombing, which claimed the lives of 13 American servicemembers and 169 Afghan civilians.

If you want to talk about competing with China, it is in having a strategic vision that you can carry out also with our soft power.

We did not grasp the magnitude of a threat that had been gathering over a considerable period of time. This was a failure of policy, of management, of capability, and, above all, a failure of imagination.

75 percent of what I read about Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden that was classified shouldn't have been.

Think of having 100 bosses. Think of reporting to 100 people. It makes no sense. You could not do your job under those circumstances.