If they are not going to take action and they are not going to protect the employees of the United States of America, then they should leave.

budget instability is the greatest risk we face.

I would be the first to admit that Congress is failing in--to match resources to requirements, but the failure of the President is worse.

Until the United States is willing to take steps to change the conditions on the ground in Syria, the war, the terror, the refugees, and the instability will continue.

This should be yet another lesson, as if we needed it, that diplomacy in the absence of leverage is a recipe for failure.

The administration may have postponed Iran's nuclear programs, but this has come at the cost of unshackling Iranian power and ambition.

The rise of ISIL and the threat it poses has made al Qaeda appear modest by comparison.

it's been an unmitigated disaster.

I have no doubt that ISIL will eventually be expelled from its strongholds in Mosul and Raqqa.

That withdrawal of United States power created a vacuum that was filled by all of the worst actors in the region.

the tide of war was receding and that we should focus on, nation-building at home.

We've got to be more realistic in our foreign policy. We've got to know what we can do to affect, positively, the world and what we cannot do.

I can assure the Senator from New York, as long as I'm Chairman of this committee, we will not take away the responsibility of the commanding officer, the chain of command, as hard as she may try to remove that.

To impose a no-fly zone----

Sadly, President Obama's stunning remark that there is no ultimate military victory belies the reality of the Obama foreign policy.

They should come home.

I am deeply appreciative for the bipartisan effort that's gone on, and continues to go on, in this committee.

Do you believe that, right now, it's very likely that Bashar Assad will leave power?