John F. Kelly: “Marine reservists don't consider themselves part-time marines or second-tier marines. It is one very large Marine Corps.”

The last thing I wanted to do is walk away from one of the great honors of my life, being the secretary of homeland security. But I did something wrong and God punished me, I guess.

The depths of dishonesty is astounding to me, the transactional nature of every relationship, though it's more pathetic than anything else. He's the most flawed person I have ever met in my life.

He said he was sick about my firing and that he intended to quit in protests. He said he didn't want to work for dishonorable people who would treat someone like me in such a manner.

My predecessor, Jeh Johnson, just before he left, designated the whole system as critical infrastructure. I've had a lot of push-back from [M]embers of Congress, both sides of the aisle.