John McCain: “You just said that you would not be able to interdict the drugs next year that you were able to this year.”

I am convinced the only successful path to preserving the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific--and the peace and prosperity it has generated--is to renew America's leadership in the region in full.

I want to say to all of you that I am so honored to be here to speak before this Committee.

we owe each other our respect as long as our character merits respect.

As stressed in the newly released National Defense Strategy, Russia and other adversaries have mastered the art of conducting a systematic aggression against the United States.