The United States has to have the capability to deal with more than one enemy at one time and be able to confront them and win.

I suddenly realized at the CIA that I had to make life-and-death decisions about people.

When you’re smaller and leaner, you’re not going to have that large a presence throughout the world.

China is a major power in the Pacific and I think we are dealing with some common threats in that region: the whole issue of Korea and the stability of Korea, the whole issue of...