John McCain: “Everybody knows that, that I had a conversation. There's no living American in Washington that knows that. There's no…”

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.

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 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.

Major General Robinson, the Air Force has reported a shortage of approximately 2,000 pilots, including a shortage of 950 fighter pilots, essentially unchanged since last year.