The Taliban Is Resilient.

You Don't Deploy Forces Into Harm's Way Without Knowing What's Going On.

The Terrorism From 9/11 Has Metastasized. It's Metastasized In Iraq And Syria, In Nigeria, In Somalia, In Yemen And In Other Places In North Africa. We Need A Very Comprehensive Strategy To Deal With That Threat.

Iran Is Isolating Itself From The Rest Of The World.

China Is A Major Power In The Pacific And I Think We Are Dealing With Some Common Threats In That Region: The Whole Issue Of Korea And The Stability Of Korea, The Whole Issue Of Nuclear Proliferation, The Whole Issue Of Providing Free Access To Our Ships That Are Operating In That Area.

The One Thing That I Remember From All Of My Intelligence Briefings And My Dealings With The Russians Is That When You Deal With The Russians, You Have To Deal With Them From Strength, Not From Weakness.