Robert Gates: “What we've seen is a change in the nature of the regime in Tehran over the past 18 months or so.”

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.

My staff and I have learned that it was nearly impossible to get accurate information and answers to questions such as, 'How much money did you spend?' and, 'How many people do you have?'

I think part of the problem is that at the end of the Cold War, we were affected by triumphalism or hubris, whatever you want to call it.

I think we still have quite a bit of time, Chuck. I think there's still broad bipartisan support in the Congress for helping Ukraine.