Quotes

[on America taking a new leadership role] When we're not engaged, when we don't lead, then one or two things is likely to happen. Either some other country tries to take our place - but probably not in a way that advances our interests or values - or no one does. And then you get chaos or a vacuum filled by bad things before it's filled by good things. Either way, that's bad for us

[on the Russian invasion of Ukraine] Vladimir Putin has a clear way out of the war he started and that's to end it. If Russia stops fighting, the war ends. If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine ends.