Well, The United States Is A Pacific

One Of The Principal Qualities That You Need As National Security Adviser Is Trust, The Trust Of The President. And That Depends On Truth And It Depends On Honesty.

Iran's Continued Drive To Develop Nuclear Capabilities, Including Troubling Enrichment Activities And Past Work On Weaponization Documented By The Iaea, And Its Continued Support To Groups Like Hezbollah, Hamas And Other Terrorist Organizations Make Clear That The Regime In Tehran Is A Very Grave Threat To All Of Us.

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.

I Don't Engage In Hypotheticals.

The Reality Is That The United States Military Alone Cannot Be All Things To All Nations. We Will Sharpen The Application Of Our Resources, Better Deploy Our Forces In The World And Share Our Burdens More And More Effectively With Our Partners. And Frankly, All Our Allies Need To Do The Same.