It Is Easy To Get Into War,

I Don't Think It's A Matter Of Going Back And Having A Review Of Our Process. Our Process Is About As Thorough As There Can Be. Is It Imperfect? Yes. Is There Risk? Yes, But We Start With The Fact That We Have An American That's Being Held Hostage And That American's Life Is In Danger And That's Where We Start. And Then We Proceed From There.

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.

All I Can Do Is Present What I Think Is In The Best Interest Of This Country And How I Can Best Serve This Country And The President Of The United States. And I Feel Very Good About That Opportunity I've Had.

Foreign Policy Will Require A Strategic Agility That, Whenever Possible, Gets Ahead Of Problems, Strengthens U.s. Security And Alliances, And Promotes American Interests And Credibility.

The Twenty First Century Will Require A Re-affirmation And Re-definition Of Our Alliances And International Organisations.