Leon Panetta: “Absolutely. I think that region is very important to us from a strategic point of view.”

The secretaries of defense feel that there have to be hearings to oversee just exactly what took place and what standard this administration is going to use.

I think it's pretty clear that that Mr. Trump has turned 80 years of U.S. foreign policy on its head.

What Trump is trying to do in order to convince Putin to come to the table is not going to work if Putin senses weakness on the part of the United States.

Autocrats that once operated in their own spheres of influence have now joined together in an axis of mutual support and aggression.