Max Baucus: “And they usually do not have health insurance because they can't afford it, even if their employer provides it.”

The most important geopolitical matter that crossed my desk during the 3 years I was there was TPP, and we blew it.

In fact, the opposite was just the case. They kept complaining to us about our restrictions of technology transfer to China.

This is not a fixable Washington problem. This is a condition, like a chronic condition, that we are going to have to cope with.

There is a real tension there between Kim Jong-un and President Xi.