Henry Kissinger: “We have allowed inattention over 20 years to the structure, the practices, the bureaucracy of the Department of Defense…”

The concern I had with the Iranian agreement was that it legitimized the eventual emergence of Iran as a nuclear power.

If one negotiates a freeze of the existing situation, one has thereby legitimized a Korean military capability.

I think we need a strong State Department.

I believe it likely that the leadership realizes that it is very difficult, if not impossible, for them to carry out the domestic changes in an atmosphere of Cold War with the United States.