Matt Salmon: “Nobody spends the way that we spend like drunken sailors on shore leave.”

I think China is the 100-pound gorilla. And, so far, I don't think they have even come close to doing responsibly what they could and should do.

We are no longer a bunch of pushovers here. We have people--we have a strong leader, and we are going to make sure the world is a safer place.

I have long championed enhancing our engagement with the Asia-Pacific and our friends and our allies in the region.

I don't know why we think it works with China. But it has been the policy of multiple administrations to practice strategic ambiguity.