Optimism is in short supply in the Middle East, but what I do think is the administration needs to step up its act. We should use military strikes against ISIS when they threaten the Shia areas or Baghdad. We need… — James Franklin Jeffrey Copy Share Image
There are real issues that the president Donald Trump and particularly Steve Bannon, his political adviser, are pushing. It's a vision, a rather dark… — James Franklin Jeffrey Copy Share Image
I'm concerned about Donald Trump's relationship with Russia that ignores Russia's aggressiveness in its near abroad. I'm concerned about the willingness to question alliances… — James Franklin Jeffrey Copy Share Image
The NATO alliance is not just a transactional relationship, once again. That alliance serves our interests. That alliance has been critical to keeping security… — James Franklin Jeffrey Copy Share Image
As a longtime career guy, I like quiet diplomacy behind closed doors. This is not what we're getting with Donald Trump. At the end… — James Franklin Jeffrey Copy Share Image
Presidents always - not always, but often have bad conversations with counterparts. They just don't go out and embarrass their counterpart by talking about… — James Franklin Jeffrey Copy Share Image
The Iraqi government and most Iraqis understand that they have to bring back the Sunni Arab 20, 25 percent of the population. It won't… — James Franklin Jeffrey Copy Share Image
Optimism is in short supply in the Middle East, but what I do think is the administration needs to step up its act. We… — James Franklin Jeffrey Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, it is what Donald Trump does or doesn't do as crises come up and as he tries to… — James Franklin Jeffrey Copy Share Image
NATO is in our national security interests. And, yes, we pay a lot for it, but, when we had Afghanistan, NATO troops were by… — James Franklin Jeffrey Copy Share Image
I know that presidents often have really bad phone conversations. What they usually don't do is go out and talk about it. That gets… — James Franklin Jeffrey Copy Share Image
