Robert Gates: “I think that the future of Egypt is absolutely critical to our interests in the region.”

The Chinese have played a lot of clips of what happened at the Capitol on January 6. And in their propaganda... have talked about how we’re in no position to advise other countries on how to govern themselves.

This is a Department that principally plans for war. It is not organized to wage war, and that is what I am trying to fix.

I think the president is — based on what I read — is getting the sense that, as he put it, that Putin is 'tapping' him along.

I think there is a cost. I think it does provide a basis for radicalization in the region.