It sends a signal to the world--to friends and potential foes alike--of our Nation's strength and resolve.

I have not heard that in our discussions. I'll take that back and add it.

We are also quadrupling the European Reassurance Initiative, which allows us to do more with our NATO partners there.

Undersea dominance is an area of clear American dominance. We want to keep that edge.

I'm grateful that our country's leaders were able to come together last fall to avert that dismal future

I agree with everything I said then, including the need to do what we've done this past year.

We're challenging our NATO partners and working with them to develop what I've called a new playbook for NATO.

Obviously, I'm the Secretary of Defense, so I care very deeply about the defense budget.

I personally would prefer... that we find another place to do it in the United States.

We're not trying to carry out a strategy that is 4 years old. We're trying to carry out our strategy of today.

We do need Homeland Security, we need the Intelligence, we need the State Department.

Today's security environment is dramatically different from the last 25 years, requiring new ways of investing and operating.