Look, the administration said months ago that we were caught napping in this area, that OPEC has run up the price, it's created problems,

Diplomats are supposed to stop fights, not create fights, ... This has not been handled well at all by the administration or by the nominee. It's very flaky when you look at it from a distance.

No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping.

this is not a dictatorship. The president is not a dictator, and neither am I.

I am not swayed one way or the other on that,

There is not that kind of urgency on China PNTR, ... It could be done earlier or later.