Robert Gates: “I think honesty in dealing with them, but a long-term effort, is what's going to be required.”

There has to be an agreement between the president and the Congress on actually what has to be done to recapture our industrial-military industrial capabilities.

Putin believes it's his destiny to recreate the Russian empire.

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.

Allies are a huge asset and in not understanding that I think is a real problem.