Martin Dempsey: “Guantanamo does create a psychological scar on our national values. Whether it should or not, it does.”

Our Government's policy has been they will not get a nuclear weapon, and nothing we are talking about here today should change that policy.

Eliminating one terrible Middle Eastern dictator can too often lead to even more brutal influences filling the leadership vacuum

I would not recommend we put United States forces in harm's way... simply to stiffen the spine of local forces.

Under no circumstances should we relieve pressure on Iran relative to ballistic missile capabilities and arms trafficking.