We Must Prepare For Everything.

My Overall Worldview Has Never Changed: That America Has And Must Maintain The Strongest Military In The World, That We Must Lead The International Community To Confront Threats And Challenges Together, And That We Must Use All Tools Of American Power To Protect Our Citizens And Our Interests.

I Don't Get Into The Book-telling Business Of Conversations I Have With The President. That's Not My Style, And I Don't Think That's A Responsible Thing To Do.

Things Aren't Getting Better; They're Getting Worse. The White House Is Completely Disconnected From Reality. It's Like They're Just Making It Up As They Go Along. The Reality Is That We're Losing In Iraq.

I'm A Supporter Of Israel, Always Have Been.

I'm Not Sure Leaders Listen Enough, Especially To Their People. And I've Always Thought In Everything I've Tried To Do In My Life, In The Jobs I've Had, Is That If We Can Turn Our Transmitters Off And Our Receivers On More Often, We're Better Leaders And We Know More Of What Is Going On And Therefore We Can Lead More Effectively.