Jay Carney

He is, when you have two four-star generals, highly respected, who served under you say so, I think that's disqualifying.

It sounds like the Goldilocks AUMF, right, authorization for the use of military force, which means it basically pleases almost no one.

Very concerned, Anderson. And I think that what you see here is a reflection of the fact that the effort against extremists, Islam and extremists around the world has taken a toll on the ability of al Qaeda and al Qaeda offshoots to…

It's not to defend conventional speech or not to protect acceptable speech, but to protect and defend offensive speech, objectionable speech.

We don't question the right of something like this to be published. We just question the judgment behind the decision to publish it.

The biggest problem the Republican Party has right now is that they don't have a policy on immigration, which is why we don't have an immigration bill.

I think what we have to see is whether or not the extreme rhetoric that we have heard from Republicans, that you just cited will be matched by extreme action.

The answer, although it might have been appealing sometimes and it can be appealing in retrospect, is not always the use of military force without end and without a logical plan to reach success.

The fact of the matter is, as I discussed with Senator McCain, the president did try to negotiate with the sovereign Iraqi government for the presence of a residual force in Iraq of U.S. troops for the training and CT missions that were…

But in the end, either Iraq is sovereign or it's not. Either we're an occupying force or we're an invited force.

I don't think there's anybody in the United States in any position of leadership who would want American men and women in uniform stationed in a foreign country without that kind of agreement and without that kind of protection.