Gary Peters actually said...

"I think our institutions do need reforms and they do need strengthening and they do need to be adapted for the situations we find ourselves in."

"You go after the press. You try to delegitimize the press and say it is all fake news."

"If we are asking other countries to improve their institutions, to bring more transparency, how do we make that argument when we are not willing to do it ourselves?"

"I believe that now is the time to increase the Coast Guard's budget, not to cut it."