I agree with you, the Taliban is taking steps that are digging an even deeper hole for the people of Afghanistan.

And this is a front in the conflict that Senator Rubio was just talking about. That is information.

We are fully prepared to move forward.

I have been very engaged on seeing what we can do to help Armenia and Azerbaijan come to a peace agreement.

The post-Cold War world era is over and there is an intense competition underway to determine, to shape, what comes next.

We have worked from day one both to reengage, rejuvenate, and strengthen our existing alliances and partnerships.

We are looking at other places in the Pacific Islands, where we can make sure that we are present in ways that we haven't been in recent years.

We need to be working with, as we are, with Mexico to take down the labs, to take down the enterprises.

We are meeting at an inflection point. The post-Cold War era is over.

We can't do more with less. We must increase our investments in our diplomatic and development tools if we want to strengthen our national security.

Hope is always important, but of course, it has to be grounded in reality.

That is not something that we would obviously take into account.