The difficulty, of course, is that the military option is costly and risky, and there is not even a guarantee that it would necessarily stop Iran from developing the nuclear weapon.

It should not be politicized in any way, and it should be something that we do in a bipartisan way.

It is our policy to stop them from getting a nuclear weapon and to put all options on the table, including the option of military action if that is necessary.

I think, frankly, looking back, it was a mistake for Congress to give the authorization to President Bush about the Iraq war so early in the debate.

I think the President needs quite a bit of leeway on this, but with extensive oversight by Congress.

I think where Iran is at right now is that, as you said, Mr. Albright, they would like to be nuclear-weapons-capable because of the credibility it gives them.

the increasing opacity in the U.S. equity market is hard to reconcile with what we think we have learned in the crisis.

I would like to focus on the growing percentage of the market of these dark pools, which seems to be the exact opposite of what we are trying to achieve in Dodd-Frank.

How are they increasing competition? You say they are or they are not?

I would like to thank the members of the committee and our witnesses today for your testimony.

What is the evidence that security situation in Afghanistan will be sufficiently improved by 2017 to allow the ANSF to be reduced by 120,000 troops?

If conditions on the ground in Afghanistan do not improve as expected what will be the mechanism for revising the current sizing strategy?

What factors will determine the size of ANSF after the U.S. and NATO transition primary security responsibility to the ANSF?

I want the United States to stand with those brave Egyptians and we don't want the word to spread that somehow we only care about your nationality if you're an American.

I believe the thesis has been proved; that Hezbollah is a threat to this country, a growing threat.

I think to respond to their oppression of the free press with the curtailment of the press strikes me as probably the wrong approach.

There can be no doubt that the Chinese government regularly imposes severe restrictions on the freedom of the press.

What do you believe is the current pace of Iran's nuclear weapons program?