We Must Prepare For Everything.

It's Critically Important That We Have Governments To Work With, That We Have Entities To Work With. President Hadi Has Been A Good Partner In That, And We Would Hope That The Next Set Of Leaders That Govern Yemen Will Also Take The Same Approach To Cooperation With The United States.

The Recent Wave Of Taliban Attacks Has Made Clear That The International Community Must Not Waiver In Its Support For A Stable, Secure And Prosperous Afghanistan.

(the) Chain Of Command Has Failed Over The Years, Obviously, For A Lot Of Reasons.

Institutions Are Imperfect. Governments Surely Are. People Are.

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