Defense Is Not Like Other Discretionary Spending.

It's Clear The Relationship Between China And North Korea Has Hardly Ever Been Worse. Kim Jong-un Has Never Been To Beijing In His Leadership. The Chinese Press Are Saying Some Amazingly Negative Things About The North, And About Kim Jong-un. So - So They Are Weighing In, And They Are Bringing Greater Pressure. Whether It Will Be Enough I Think Remains To Be Seen.

When I Was The Director Of Central Intelligence In The Early '90s, I Tried To Get The Air Force To Partner With Us In Building Drones. And They Didn't Want To, Because They Had No Pilots.

One Of The Toughest Battles In Intelligence Is Combating Conventional Wisdom.

Power... Military Success Is Not Sufficient To Win: Economic Development, Institution-building And The Rule Of Law, Promoting Internal Reconciliation, Good Governance, Providing Basic Services To The People, Training And Equipping Indigenous Military And Police Forces, Strategic Communications, And More Of These, Along With Security, Are Essential Ingredients For Long-term Success.

I Don't Know General Michael Flynn Well, But It's Hard For Me To Believe Anybody Would Allow Themselves To Be Blackmailed By The Russians Because They Didn't Tell The Full Story Or Didn't Tell The Truth To The Vice President Of The United States Who Works 50 Feet Down The Hall.