this is a substantial national security threat for the country, of a kind that we didn't face in the past.

For two decades after the end of the Cold War, our country, the United States, was the world's sole superpower.

We must resolve this issue soon.

I hope that we'll hear IC's assessment of the trajectory of this bloody conflict and what we think the end game will be, while at the same time, obviously maintaining Ukraine's right to exist as a sovereign nation.

I would imagine that it's probably one of the most valuable surveillance tools on the planet.

Could they use TikTok to drive narratives, like to divide Americans against each other?

no issue dominates our attention more these days than our growing rivalry with China, and rightly so. It is a historic challenge. It is one that I think we waited way too long to recognize, and now we are scrambling to make up for that…

The famous saying now seems silly, that no two countries with McDonald's in them have ever gone to war.

I think it is now fair to say that while wealth certainly increased, particularly in China through its export-driven economy... I do not think we can say either China or Russia are more democratic.

The famous saying now seems silly, that no two countries with McDonald's in them have ever gone to war.

We want to be ready for conflict, but our goal is to avoid war.

We want to be ready for conflict, but our goal is to avoid war.