"Thirty-five years, he should have done every day of it."
"He said it would be Vladimir Putin and he doesn't believe a lot goes on without his knowing something that would influence politics in another country."
"the Russians are the peer competitor to us. But I look at other nations. You look at China, for example, and the level of capability and investment they are making."
"I do not think it is in the best interest of any of our nations to be in this confrontational approach to doing business."
"I have recommended to the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs that Elevation of U.S. Cyber Command can occur immediately upon the decision of the President."
"The decision of how our Nation responds to a state-sponsored malicious cyberattack is one made by our Nation's leaders."
"If you jeopardize the relationship between the executive and these intelligence agencies, I think that's really kind of a dangerous place to be."
"The way we have been handling it isn't working."
"If we continue to use tweets after the President is sworn in on January 20th, I get a little concerned, because it is too easy to misconstrue those words."
"We have to change the dynamic that we're having with North Korea."
"There shouldn't be any doubt in anybody's minds. This was not something that was done casually."
"You want civilian control of your military in all cases."