John McCain: “Secretary Gates, do you expect that the delivery of those test and training assets will deviate from those plans? If so…”

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.

The president should not have this meeting with Vladimir Putin.

The United States faces a new strategic reality in Europe. The first step in addressing it is to recognize the scope, scale, and seriousness of the challenges Russia presents to our national security and to the international order.

That was not exactly accurate coming from Raj Shah.