I think that is certainly China's goal, to be the dominant player in the Indo-Pacific.

We will make sure that we maintain what is necessary to defend this country and protect our interests.

We will do what is necessary to protect our troops and deter this kind of behavior.

We will not hesitate to take further necessary measures in the region to protect our people.

No government or group that wishes Israel harm should try to widen this crisis or shed more blood.

Putin continues to attack civilians and commit war crimes that are despicable.

We have been supplying our Ukrainian allies with munitions to push back on Russian aggression for almost 2 years now.

It is not. It is one that would be controlled by autocrats, eventually, if they were to dominate the Indo-Pacific, and if Iran dominated activities in the region.

Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people, and we mourn the loss of Palestinian lives.

I do. I think deterrence, in order to deter you have to show strength.

We have no higher priority than the safe return of their loved ones.

We have been supplying our Ukrainian allies with munitions to push back on Russian aggression for almost 2 years now.

We have no higher priority than the safe return of their loved ones.

No government or group that wishes Israel harm should try to widen this crisis or shed more blood.

The things that you do on a battlefield could create a resistance to your effort that lasts for generations.

It is not. It is one that would be controlled by autocrats, eventually, if they were to dominate the Indo-Pacific, and if Iran dominated activities in the region.

The things that you do on a battlefield could create a resistance to your effort that lasts for generations.

The protection of our troops, the safety of our troops is very, very important to me and the President.

Putin is a strategic failure right now. He has not achieved any strategic objective that he set out to achieve.

We have been clear that the protection of our troops is important, and we will do what is necessary to protect them.

I have repeatedly made clear to Israel's leaders that protecting civilians in Gaza is both a moral responsibility and a strategic imperative.

If we do not support Ukraine, then Putin wins.

I will not change that direction of travel.

if the United States does not continue to support Ukraine that they will not succeed.

As President Biden has said, American leadership is what holds the world together, and if we fail to lead, the costs and threats to the United States will only grow.