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The President needs to have a Secretary of Defense in whom he has trust, who will give him unvarnished advice.

We should not isolate Hamas, a terrorist organization.

Our policy of non-engagement with the Syrians has isolated us more than the Syrians.

Unilateral sanctions against Iran, "are exactly the wrong approach," and that, "they are the worst thing we can do would be to try to isolate Iran".

Probably most fundamental for me when we talk of going to war, we need to think it through carefully, not just for the political, and the geopolitical, and the diplomatic, and the economic consequences, and those are important. But at…

A nuclear war cannot be won, and it must not be fought.

It has to be, Senator. It has to be.

It is not inconsistent, I don't believe, Senator.

I voted based on what I thought was right.

There was an election in Iran.

Again, I thank the gentleman for your poignant words, your passion, your deep belief in this. So I think now is the time to let the healing begin. Let's put the past behind us. Let's look forward, marching arm-in-arm with the new civil…

It's a very important part of this overall discussion, to talk about the consequences of where all of this leads. And in a country like China, which has imposed this brutality upon its own people, the women who have come here undercover…

There is a better way. We can do better than this. Women deserve better. But in your last comment, you touched upon the issue of sex-selected abortion, and I wonder if in your earlier comments you talked about policies, such as the…

If the gentleman would perhaps be interested in entering into a bit of a dialogue, and I'm sorry I missed your earlier statement, but let me say to you, thank you for your stalwart leadership, your deep commitment to the beautiful gift of…

I support Israel, but my first interest, because I take an oath of office to the Constitution of the United States, not to a president, not to a party, not to Israel.

I'm a United States senator, not an Israeli senator.

At this time I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Rigell), who's the lead Republican sponsor. His dogged leadership on this is why it's back on the House floor again.

Many people see the administration's public commentary in the aftermath of Benghazi as misleading.