Even when we make such arrangements, we should never lose sight of our long-term interests in promoting and sustaining democratic governance, which is ultimately the best guarantor of peace, prosperity and stability.

Because the defining struggle of the 21st century is not, as many predicted, a clash of religious civilizations; it is instead a competition between democratic and autocratic systems of government.

We must not provide these undemocratic forces encouragement, and that means the United States must not make the mistake of casting aside issues of democracy and human rights when it conducts its foreign policy.

The very fact that each agency of government believes it is responsible for defending the Homeland is emblematic of our dysfunction.

We were hopeful that after years without any serious effort to develop a cyber deterrence policy and strategy from the last administration, the new administration promised one within 90 days of the inauguration.

Our Nation remains woefully unprepared to address these threats, which will be a defining feature of 21st Century warfare.

Threats to the United States in cyberspace continue to grow in scope and severity.

The truth is that our values and our interests are not in conflict with each other.

We saw the world as it was and we made it better.

To view foreign policy as simply transactional is more dangerous than its proponents realize. Depriving the oppressed of a beacon of hope could lose us the world we have built and thrived in.

It should not be an honor. In fact, I wouldn't sit down with either one of them unless there was a tangible result that would come from it.