Leon Panetta: “The administration is working to ensure a successful transition to the Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) having the…”

It just -- it strikes me that what the chairman was trying to do perhaps was to try to send a wake-up call to both the Speaker and his Republican colleagues, that Russia still remains very much a threat to the United States.

The message that went out from this meeting to the world is that United States credibility in dealing with our allies has taken a real hit.

I think it's a -- it is something we've got to pay attention to because I think this is a dangerous moment. If we're facing other lone wolf terrorists in this country.

Mr. Trump has always prided himself on being a dealmaker, pledging in his campaign that he would resolve such conflicts in the first few days of his presidency.