Ultimately, it's not that we are doing nothing to counter ISIL, it is that there is no compelling reason to believe that...
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.
Congress to this point has decided that the budget caps enacted in August 2011 is a higher national priority than defeat...
We do not want to have a debate and vote because we do not want to put our names on it.
If you're not winning in this kind of warfare, you are losing. Stalemate is not success.
Many of us believe that the goal the President laid out, quote, "to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL" is right.
This appearance of success only enhances ISIL's ability to radicalize, recruit, and grow.
The option of Coalition boots on the ground should be retained as we seek to build our understanding of opposition group...
Moderate Syrian Opposition forces require significant external support if they are to generate the required combat power...
Most will agree that there can be no future for Syria with Assad in power.
Is the President steadfast in having a goal that includes Mr. Assad being removed from power?
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.
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...
A political solution in which Assad stays in power, is that acceptable to you?
Do we have the political and policy backdrop with which to do so?
This is unacceptable, from a moral perspective and from a U.S. national security perspective.
I think this is an excellent report, so kudos to the authors.
Many of my concerns about the Science and Technology Directorate stem from our work in the committee a few years ago dur...
