You Don't Deploy Forces Into Harm's Way

The White House Was So Eager To Rid Itself Of Iraq That It Was Willing To Withdraw Rather Than Lock In Arrangements That Would Preserve Our Influence And Interests.

I Mean, The Taliban, My View Is That They Have Been Weakened. We Have Not Seen Them Able To Conduct Any Kind Of Organized Attack To Regain Any Territory That They've Lost. We've Seen Levels Of Violence Going Down.

We Have Throughout Our History Been Tested When It Comes To The Institutions Of Our Democracy. And Thank God Our Forefathers Were Smart Enough To Establish A Government Of Checks And Balances To Make Sure That Power Cannot Be Centralized In Any One Branch Of Government. And Those Institutions Have Proven Themselves.

I'm Going To Give People The Benefit Of The Doubt.

Well Look, Cia Is An Agency That Has To Collect Intelligence, Do Operations. We Have To Take Risks And It's Important That We Take Risks And That We Know That We Have The Support Of The Government And We Have The Support Of The American People In What We're Doing.