To be clear, China's strategic intent is to chip away at decades of American security and economic primacy in Asia.

America's interests in the Asia-Pacific region are deep and enduring.

The most immediate challenge is the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

Would the witnesses agree that the abandonment of TPP was one of the biggest mistakes we have made?

I would like to thank you, Chairman McCain, for your idea and proposal on the Asia-Pacific Stability Initiative.

These ideas have produced unprecedented peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific.

This is a centipede. A shoe will drop every few days. The latest, the meeting in the Seychelles. Look, this is a requirement in my view why we need to select committee in order to get through all this because there's a lot more shoes that…

I have great confidence in this team around the president of the United States. If I'd have been asked to name a team, I couldn't have named a better one than the one we've got.

Yes, which I was puzzled by, because Syrian people obviously play no role in Bashar Assad remaining in power. It's the Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah and the Russians and the Iranians.

We have to understand who Vladimir Putin is, what he's all about do, and what he will do and what he understands. And what he understands is strength. And then best way to avoid further escalation is to show Vladimir Putin that his -- the…

If you ignore the lessons of history, then you will know that it is not in our interest eventually to sit by and see this kind of turmoil and genocide that's taking place.