Is the President steadfast in having a goal that includes Mr. Assad being removed from power?
This is unacceptable, from a moral perspective and from a U.S. national security perspective.
Do we have the political and policy backdrop with which to do so?
A political solution in which Assad stays in power, is that acceptable to you?
When I think of the benefit that we could have had in the United States not to be faced with this refugee crisis, the be...
If we want to get it behind us and defeat ISIL and get peace in Syria, I think that's going to be necessary, yeah.
Most will agree that there can be no future for Syria with Assad in power.
Moderate Syrian Opposition forces require significant external support if they are to generate the required combat power...
The option of Coalition boots on the ground should be retained as we seek to build our understanding of opposition group...
This appearance of success only enhances ISIL's ability to radicalize, recruit, and grow.
Many of us believe that the goal the President laid out, quote, "to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL" is right.
If you're not winning in this kind of warfare, you are losing. Stalemate is not success.
We do not want to have a debate and vote because we do not want to put our names on it.
Congress to this point has decided that the budget caps enacted in August 2011 is a higher national priority than defeat...
I think the real reason is, we don't have the backbone to take it up and do the job that Congress is supposed to do.
Ultimately, it's not that we are doing nothing to counter ISIL, it is that there is no compelling reason to believe that...
If the President had not started a bombing campaign on August 8th near Irbil, we might not be here today.
We've been at war since August 8.
