Politics Or Ideology Must Not Get In

Institutions Are Imperfect. Governments Surely Are. People Are.

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.

You Can Have All The Capabilities; If You Don't Have The Quality People, You Don't Have Much.

And This - This Board Was - Was Impanelled In 1951. And It's Gone Through Ups And Downs In How The Secretaries Have Used It. But I Have Put A Premium On That Advisory Board.

Foreign Policy Is All About A Universe Of Bad Decisions, Imperfect Decisions; Every Situation Is Different. The Dynamics, The Atmospherics, The People, The Pressures, The Geopolitical Realities Shift.